Dissertation
Marriage traditions and the stem family in ancient Egypt: a study of marriage contracts, social structure and family life
On Wednesday 11 June 2025 Steffie van Gompel successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
- Author
- S.M.T. van Gompel
- Date
- 11 June 2025
- Links
- Leiden Repository
Research into the nature and use of ancient Egyptian marriage contracts written on papyus from a legal, social and socioeconomic view, as well as into the structure and ideology of the dominant ancient Egyptian family system and its marriage, inheritance and household formation practices, using the comparative ‘family system’ method pioneered in the field of Historical Demography.
Supervisor: Prof.dr. O.E. Kaper
Co-supervisor: Dr. K. Donker Van Heel