Accounting for Affection

Download or read book Accounting for Affection written by C. Castiglione and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-13 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accounting for Affection examines the multifaceted nature of early modern motherhood by focusing on the ideas and strategies of Roman aristocratic mothers during familial conflict. Illuminating new approaches to the maternal and the familial employed by such women, it demonstrates how interventions gained increasing favor in early modern Rome.