Women in Roman Law and SocietyThe legal situation of the women of ancient Rome was extremely complex, and - since there was no sharp distinction between free woman, freedwoman and slave - the definition of their legal position is often heard. Basing her lively analysis on detailed study of literary and epigraphic material, Jane F. Gardner explores the provisions of the Roman laws as they related to women. Dr Gardner describes the ways in which the laws affected women throughout their lives - in families, as daughters, wives and parents; as heiresses and testators; as owners and controllers of property; and as workers. She looks with particular attention at the ways in which the strict letter of the law came to be modified, softened, circumvented, and even changed, pointing out that the laws themselves tell us as much about the economic situation of women and the range of opportunities available to them outside the home. |
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... Cicero's daughter Tullia, who predeceased him, have had several marriages. Ways round the difficulty were devised. The son was, like the slave entrusted with business as his master's agent, given control over a sum of money or some ...
... Cicero's daughter Tullia, who predeceased him, have had several marriages. Ways round the difficulty were devised. The son was, like the slave entrusted with business as his master's agent, given control over a sum of money or some ...
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... Cicero's daughter Tullia is perhaps the best-known instance. From the time of Augustus, they could appeal to a magistrate if their father refused to permit the marriage. 18 Sons and daughters in 'free' marriage, remained subject to the ...
... Cicero's daughter Tullia is perhaps the best-known instance. From the time of Augustus, they could appeal to a magistrate if their father refused to permit the marriage. 18 Sons and daughters in 'free' marriage, remained subject to the ...
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... Cicero, it was possibly no longer automatic in his day. It was abolished by statute, possibly under Augustus. Watson (1967:21–23) suggests that the three-nights' rule finally disappeared around the end of the first century B.C., being ...
... Cicero, it was possibly no longer automatic in his day. It was abolished by statute, possibly under Augustus. Watson (1967:21–23) suggests that the three-nights' rule finally disappeared around the end of the first century B.C., being ...
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... Cicero's time consent was needed for the establishment of manus both by usus and coemptio.60 . As stated above, a valid will could not be made without a tutor's authorisation, and until the time of Hadrian it was also necessary for the ...
... Cicero's time consent was needed for the establishment of manus both by usus and coemptio.60 . As stated above, a valid will could not be made without a tutor's authorisation, and until the time of Hadrian it was also necessary for the ...
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... Cicero onwards.70 It gained some colour from the ignorance of law and business practice forced on many women by ... Cicero's apparently efficient wife Terentia72 indicates that in such a case it was a matter of form. However, the tale of ...
... Cicero onwards.70 It gained some colour from the ignorance of law and business practice forced on many women by ... Cicero's apparently efficient wife Terentia72 indicates that in such a case it was a matter of form. However, the tale of ...
Contents
Some Effects of Marriage | |
Divorce | |
Dowry | |
Sexual Offences | |
Children | |
Inheritance and Bequest | |
Slaves and Freedwomen | |
Women at Work | |
The Emancipation of Roman Women | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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