Women in Roman Law & Society"The book meets the highest standards of scholarly rigor, and treatment of disputed issues is informative without being esoteric. An excellent general survey and introduction." -- Choice ..". will be enormously useful for those interested in teaching courses on Roman women or Roman law." -- The Classical Outlook |
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Page 11
... free ' marriage , remained subject to the father's potestas after marriage . 19 Until the time of Marcus Aurelius , a father could dissolve his children's marriages even against their will . Thereafter , he was prohibited from breaking ...
... free ' marriage , remained subject to the father's potestas after marriage . 19 Until the time of Marcus Aurelius , a father could dissolve his children's marriages even against their will . Thereafter , he was prohibited from breaking ...
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... marriage , then , even although no marriage documents ( tabu- lae nuptiales ) were drawn up , nor any relevant ... free ' marriage . It has been suggested that in the Republic when the census was taken the censors required an oath , from ...
... marriage , then , even although no marriage documents ( tabu- lae nuptiales ) were drawn up , nor any relevant ... free ' marriage . It has been suggested that in the Republic when the census was taken the censors required an oath , from ...
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... free marriage ; however , various means were found of enabling the wife or her family to recover the dowry at the end of the marriage , and the principle became accepted that the husband , on his part , had a duty to maintain the value ...
... free marriage ; however , various means were found of enabling the wife or her family to recover the dowry at the end of the marriage , and the principle became accepted that the husband , on his part , had a duty to maintain the value ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Guardianship of Women | 5 |
Marriage | 31 |
Copyright | |
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