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Carthaginian Critiques of Adornment

2011· article· fr· W2271498582 on OpenAlex
Alicia J. Batten

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Bibliographic record

VenueJournal of Early Christian History · 2011
Typearticle
Languagefr
FieldArts and Humanities
TopicFashion and Cultural Textiles
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Sudbury
Fundersnot available
KeywordsAdornmentScrutinyPower (physics)PoliticsPulpitGender studiesSociologyCriticismOrder (exchange)Social statusHistoryLawPolitical scienceSocial scienceAnthropologyArchaeology

Abstract

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Throughout the ancient world, dress and adornment were significant forms of expressing social status but they were also subject to severe scrutiny by the group. Women's dress, in particular, faced repeated criticism by male authors. Wealthy women had to dress elegantly in order to reflect the affluence of their family yet they should not be overly adorned lest they be accused of luxuria. Given that most women could not pursue honourable exploits in war or politics, this article concurs with scholars who argue that adornment was a particularly significant means of constructing status for women and a strategic tool that they could use to manoeuvre throughout a patriarchal society. Such a phenomenon was no different for early Christians, including the women who are subjects of intense critique by the church leaders, Tertullian and Cyprian, who associate adornment with moral and theological dangers. Yet wealthy women played important roles as patrons and benefactors throughout Carthage, and in the church they served as martyrs, virgins, prophets, intercessors and possibly confessors. They undoubtedly knew that their adornment, which was portable wealth, enabled them to exert a certain degree of power, as did their detractors. Attention to this dimension of social history thus deserves more examination when analysing ancient Christian texts that seek to regulate dress.

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