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  1. 1. An Automated Digital Analysis of Depictions of Child Maltreatment in Ancient Roman Writings

    Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Författare :Alexander Browne; [2019]
    Nyckelord :digital humanities; child maltreatment; ancient rome; christianity; sentiment analysis; naive bayes;

    Sammanfattning : Historians, mostly engaging with written evidence, have argued that the Christianisation of the Roman Empire resulted in changes in both attitudes and behaviour towards children, resulting in a decrease in their maltreatment by society. I begin with a working hypothesis that this attitude-change was real and resulted in a reduction in the maltreatment of children; and that this reduction in maltreatment is evident in the literature. LÄS MER