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 6
... pater , the children ( and wife ) ceased to be alieni iuris ( subject to another's control ) and became sui iuris ( independent ) . Each adult son became a paterfami- lias ; no woman ever did - materfamilias in Latin was merely the term ...
... pater , the children ( and wife ) ceased to be alieni iuris ( subject to another's control ) and became sui iuris ( independent ) . Each adult son became a paterfami- lias ; no woman ever did - materfamilias in Latin was merely the term ...
Page 14
... pater were required to have a guardian , tutor impuberis . For boys , this tutelage ended at the age of fourteen ... pater , but on manumission her patron ( former owner ) became her tutor legitimus . A woman emancipated by her pater ...
... pater were required to have a guardian , tutor impuberis . For boys , this tutelage ended at the age of fourteen ... pater , but on manumission her patron ( former owner ) became her tutor legitimus . A woman emancipated by her pater ...
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... pater , if he was still alive . It was in the interest of the state that she should be dowered , and so have another chance of marriage and bearing children.42 If the pater was still alive , he , and not his daughter , must bring the ...
... pater , if he was still alive . It was in the interest of the state that she should be dowered , and so have another chance of marriage and bearing children.42 If the pater was still alive , he , and not his daughter , must bring the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Guardianship of Women | 5 |
Marriage | 31 |
Copyright | |
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