Reconceiving the House of the Father
Subtitle: Royal Women at Ugarit
Contributors: Machinist, Peter; Lanser, Susan S.; Huehnergard, John; Hackett, Jo Ann
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Description: Every father is the son of a mother. While this would appear to be a commonplace, studies of patrimonialism as a political system in the ancient Near East have rarely considered its implications. Royal women, as objects of exchange and as agents of political action, played a central role in negotiations between Late Bronze Age states and in dynastic struggles within these states. The relative positions of royal men were shaped by their relationships to royal women.
Notes: Keywords: Gender, Late Bronze Age, Patrimonialism, Political History, Ugarit, Women.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2014