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The nature and function of water, baths, bathing, and hygiene from antiquity through the Renaissance /

Other Authors: Kosso, Cynthia., Scott, Anne, 1958-
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series: Technology and change in history ; v. 11.
Subjects:
Water and civilization.
Water > Social aspects > Europe > History.
Water use > Social aspects > Europe > History.
Baths > Europe > History.
Bathing customs > Europe > History.
Hygiene > Europe > History.
History.
Bathing customs.
Baths.
Civilization.
Hygiene.
Intellectual life.
Manners and customs.
Water > Social aspects.
Water use > Social aspects.
Europe > Social life and customs.
Europe > Civilization.
Europe > Intellectual life.
Europe.
Electronic books.
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Related Items: Print version:: Nature and function of water, baths, bathing, and hygiene from antiquity through the Renaissance.
Table of Contents:
  • PART THREE ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL WATER SOURCES AND RESOURCES; Introduction
  • Cynthia Kosso and Anne Scott; PART ONE GENDER ROLES, ATTITUDES, PRACTICES, AND INNOVATIONS IN BATHS AND BATHING; River Raptures: Containment and Control of Water in Greek and Roman Constructions of Identity
  • Rabun Taylor; Archimedes, the North Baths at Morgantina, and Early Developments in Vaulted Construction
  • Sandra K. Lucore; Female Bathers and the Emergence of the Female Nude in Greek Art
  • Robert F. Sutton, Jr.

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