Slavery and manumission
This chapter provides an overview of the legal contours of slavery in the ancient Greek world, looking at Homer and Hesiod, Gortyn, Sparta, Athens, and Ptolemaic Egypt. It concludes with an overview of manumission law.
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| description | This chapter provides an overview of the legal contours of slavery in the ancient Greek world, looking at Homer and Hesiod, Gortyn, Sparta, Athens, and Ptolemaic Egypt. It concludes with an overview of manumission law. |
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| spelling | nottingham-507632020-05-04T17:15:22Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50763/ Slavery and manumission Lewis, David This chapter provides an overview of the legal contours of slavery in the ancient Greek world, looking at Homer and Hesiod, Gortyn, Sparta, Athens, and Ptolemaic Egypt. It concludes with an overview of manumission law. Oxford University Press Harris, Edward Canevaro, Mirko 2015-08-10 Book Section NonPeerReviewed Lewis, David (2015) Slavery and manumission. In: Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Law. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 9780199599257 Slavery property ownership law manumission freedmen Gortyn Athens Sparta http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199599257.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199599257-e-21 doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199599257.013.21 doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199599257.013.21 |
| spellingShingle | Slavery property ownership law manumission freedmen Gortyn Athens Sparta Lewis, David Slavery and manumission |
| title | Slavery and manumission |
| title_full | Slavery and manumission |
| title_fullStr | Slavery and manumission |
| title_full_unstemmed | Slavery and manumission |
| title_short | Slavery and manumission |
| title_sort | slavery and manumission |
| topic | Slavery property ownership law manumission freedmen Gortyn Athens Sparta |
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