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 42
... marriage of a child , if his opposition was judged to be unjustified ( iniuria ) .48 This degree of legal interference with the patria potestas was possible in a period when manus - marriage had become uncommon and the daughter , as ...
... marriage of a child , if his opposition was judged to be unjustified ( iniuria ) .48 This degree of legal interference with the patria potestas was possible in a period when manus - marriage had become uncommon and the daughter , as ...
Page 45
... marriage ( whether or not bride - price was also involved in early Rome need not concern us ) ; the bride's side promised to deliver her into the manus of the bridegroom's family , and perhaps also ... marriage , betrothed Marriage 45.
... marriage ( whether or not bride - price was also involved in early Rome need not concern us ) ; the bride's side promised to deliver her into the manus of the bridegroom's family , and perhaps also ... marriage , betrothed Marriage 45.
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... marriage . In strict law the dowry remained the property of the husband throughout the classical period , even in free marriage ; however , various means were found of enabling the wife or her family to recover the dowry at the end of ...
... marriage . In strict law the dowry remained the property of the husband throughout the classical period , even in free marriage ; however , various means were found of enabling the wife or her family to recover the dowry at the end of ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Guardianship of Women | 5 |
Marriage | 31 |
Copyright | |
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