Writing and Power in the Roman World

Hella Eckardt

earliest edition we have, 2017 Cambridge University Press, 2018 hardcover 282 pages

"In this book, Hella Eckardt offers new insights into literacy in the Roman world by examining the tools that enabled writing, such as inkwells, styli and tablets. Literacy was an important skill in the ancient world and power could be and often was, exercised through texts. Eckardt explores how writing equipment shaped practices such as posture and handwriting and her careful analysis of burial data shows considerab...

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Writing and Power in the Roman World hardcover · 2018 · Cambridge University Press · 282 pages · 9781108418058
Writing and Power in the Roman World edition · 2017 · Cambridge University Press · 9781108515825
Writing and Power in the Roman World edition · 2017 · Cambridge University Press · 9781108284172

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