Title The nature and function of water, baths, bathing, and hygiene from antiquity through the Renaissance / edited by Cynthia Kosso and Anne Scott.

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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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Description	1 online resource (viii, 538 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Technology and change in history, 1385-920X ; v. 11
	Technology and change in history ; v. 11.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	PART THREE ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL WATER SOURCES AND RESOURCES; Introduction -- Cynthia Kosso and Anne Scott; PART ONE GENDER ROLES, ATTITUDES, PRACTICES, AND INNOVATIONS IN BATHS AND BATHING; River Raptures: Containment and Control of Water in Greek and Roman Constructions of Identity -- Rabun Taylor; Archimedes, the North Baths at Morgantina, and Early Developments in Vaulted Construction -- Sandra K. Lucore; Female Bathers and the Emergence of the Female Nude in Greek Art -- Robert F. Sutton, Jr.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Water and civilization.
	Water and civilization.
	Water -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History.
	Water -- Social aspects.
	Europe.
	History.
	Water.
	Water use -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History.
	Water use -- Social aspects.
	Water use.
	Baths -- Europe -- History.
	Baths.
	Bathing customs -- Europe -- History.
	Bathing customs.
	Hygiene -- Europe -- History.
	Hygiene.
	Europe -- Social life and customs.
	Manners and customs.
	Europe -- Civilization.
	Civilization.
	Europe -- Intellectual life.
	Intellectual life.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Added Author	Kosso, Cynthia.
	Scott, Anne, 1958-
Other Form:	Print version: Nature and function of water, baths, bathing, and hygiene from antiquity through the Renaissance. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004173576 (DLC) 2008053613 (OCoLC)289095937
ISBN	9789047427032 (electronic book)
	9047427033 (electronic book)
	1282602616
	9781282602618
	9789004173576 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
	9004173579 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No.	9786612602610
	10.1163/ej.9789004173576.i-538

Title The nature and function of water, baths, bathing, and hygiene from antiquity through the Renaissance / edited by Cynthia Kosso and Anne Scott.

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