A New Kind of History
Natalie Zemon Davis and Joan Wallach Scott

Writing the History of Women
Georges Duby and Michelle Perrot

Representations of Women
Pauline Schmitt Pantel

1. Feminine Models of the Ancient World

1. What is a Goddess?
Nicole Loraux

2. The Sexual Philosophies of Plato and Aristotle
Giulia Sissa

3. The Division of the Sexes in Roman Law
Yan Thomas

4. Figures of Women
François Lissarrague

2. Traditional Rituals Women Share

5. Marriage in Ancient Greece
Claudine Leduc

6. Body Politics in Ancient Rome
Aline Rousselle

7. Pandora's Daughters and Rituals in Grecian Cities
Louise Bruit Zaidman

8. The Religious Roles of Roman Women
John Scheid

9. Early Christian Women
Monique Alexandre

3. Yesterday and Today

10. Creating a Myth of Matriarchy
Stella Georgoudi

11. Women and Ancient History Today
Pauline Schmitt Pantel

The Woman's Voice

Notes

Bibliography

Contributors

Illustration Credits

Index

Georges Duby, a member of the Académie Française, is Professor of Medieval History at the Collège de France.

Michelle Perrot is Professor of Contemporary History at the Université de Paris VII.

Arthur Goldhammer received the French-American Translation Prize in 1990 for his translation of A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution.

Read More by Georges Duby:

• A History of Private Life, Volume V, Riddles of Identity in Modern Times
• A History of Private Life, Volume III, Passions of the Renaissance
• A History of Women in the West, Volume III, Renaissance and the Enlightenment Paradoxes
• A History of Private Life, Volume II, Revelations of the Medieval World
• A History of Women in the West, Volume IV, Emerging Feminism from Revolution to World War
• A History of Women in the West, Volume II, Silences of the Middle Ages
• A History of Private Life, Volume IV, From the Fires of Revolution to the Great War
• A History of Women in the West, Volume V, Toward a Cultural Identity in the Twentieth Century
• A History of Private Life, Volume I, From Pagan Rome to Byzantium

Read More by Michelle Perrot:

• A History of Women in the West, Volume III, Renaissance and the Enlightenment Paradoxes
• A History of Women in the West, Volume IV, Emerging Feminism from Revolution to World War
• A History of Women in the West, Volume II, Silences of the Middle Ages
• A History of Private Life, Volume IV, From the Fires of Revolution to the Great War
• A History of Women in the West, Volume V, Toward a Cultural Identity in the Twentieth Century

Read More by Arthur Goldhammer:

• France in the Enlightenment
• A History of Private Life, Volume III, Passions of the Renaissance
• The Village of Cannibals: Rage and Murder in France, 1870
• A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution
• A Small City in France
• A History of Women in the West, Volume II, Silences of the Middle Ages
• The Languages of Paradise: Race, Religion, and Philology in the Nineteenth Century
• A History of Private Life, Volume IV, From the Fires of Revolution to the Great War
• A History of Private Life, Volume V, Riddles of Identity in Modern Times
• The Vichy Syndrome: History and Memory in France Since 1944
• Blessings in Disguise: or, the Morality of Evil
• A History of Private Life, Volume I, From Pagan Rome to Byzantium
• Dionysos at Large
• The Living Eye
• Tocqueville and the Two Democracies
• A History of Private Life, Volume II, Revelations of the Medieval World
• A History of Women in the West, Volume V, Toward a Cultural Identity in the Twentieth Century
• A History of Women in the West, Volume IV, Emerging Feminism from Revolution to World War
• A History of Women in the West, Volume III, Renaissance and the Enlightenment Paradoxes
• Greek Virginity
• Paris: Capital of the World
• The Demands of Liberty: Civil Society in France since the Revolution