Economy, Family, and Society from Rome to Islam: A Critical Edition, English Translation, and Study of Bryson's Management of the Estate

ISBN-13: 9781107615137 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 588 str.

Simon Swain

Opis

A full edition and study of Bryson's Management of the Estate, edited by a leading expert in both Classics and Arabic literature.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. English Translation of Bryson's Management of the Estate; Part II. Background: 1. Introduction; 2. Text and transmission; Part III. Economy: 3. Property; 4. Slaves; Appendix. Ibn Butlān's General Treatise on Slaves; Part IV. Family: 5. The wife; 6. The boy; Appendix I. 'Plato's Exhortation Concerning the Education of Young Men'; Appendix II. 'Letter of Theano to Euboule'; Part V. Texts and translations of Bryson.