Machinist, PeterThomas, Christine Neal2014-06-062014-06-062014Thomas, Christine Neal. 2014. Reconceiving the House of the Father: Royal Women at Ugarit. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11643http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274554Every 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.en-USNear Eastern studiesWomen's studiesAncient historyGenderLate Bronze AgePatrimonialismPolitical HistoryUgaritWomenThesis or Dissertation2014-06-06