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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... agnates (unless her father had made a will and provided otherwise) and unable without their consent to make a will which might bequeath her property away from her family of origin (e.g., to her children). 38 The ascription of motives ...
... agnates (unless her father had made a will and provided otherwise) and unable without their consent to make a will which might bequeath her property away from her family of origin (e.g., to her children). 38 The ascription of motives ...
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... agnates; also freedwomen whose patron had died with no male issue; 48 and women whose tutors had died or undergone capitis deminutio, by captivity or in some other way. A magistrate could also appoint a replacement tutor, e.g., when a ...
... agnates; also freedwomen whose patron had died with no male issue; 48 and women whose tutors had died or undergone capitis deminutio, by captivity or in some other way. A magistrate could also appoint a replacement tutor, e.g., when a ...
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... agnatic ties. Buckland and Kaser both derive it from the primitive tutela of the agnates, at the period when they necessarily inherited the property. Watson, however, points out that it can scarcely predate the introduction of the will ...
... agnatic ties. Buckland and Kaser both derive it from the primitive tutela of the agnates, at the period when they necessarily inherited the property. Watson, however, points out that it can scarcely predate the introduction of the will ...
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... agnates, but much earlier, firstly with the supersession of control by the agnates by provision for testamentary tutors and later—tantalisingly, we do not know how much later—by acquisition of the means to compel tutors 7 consent ...
... agnates, but much earlier, firstly with the supersession of control by the agnates by provision for testamentary tutors and later—tantalisingly, we do not know how much later—by acquisition of the means to compel tutors 7 consent ...
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... agnates, having lost her agnatic family, and that as a woman she could have no direct heirs on intestacy. Much more likely is the suggestion of Guizzi, 81 who draws attention to the fact that the remark comes from Labeo's commentary on ...
... agnates, having lost her agnatic family, and that as a woman she could have no direct heirs on intestacy. Much more likely is the suggestion of Guizzi, 81 who draws attention to the fact that the remark comes from Labeo's commentary on ...
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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adultery aedile agnates allowed apparently attested Augustan Augustus bequest betrothal Buckland century B.C. child Cicero citizen claim classical period coemptio concubine consent contract conubium Corbett daughter death divorce dowry edict Egypt emancipated emperor evidence father female FIRA free marriage freeborn freed freedman freedwoman Gaius girl Hadrian heirs on intestacy heredes household husband illegitimate children inheritance intestacy intestate succession iuris ius liberorum jurists Kaser later legacy legitimate lex Aelia Sentia lex Julia lex Voconia male man’s manumission manumitted manus marriage married mother offence owner Papia Papinian pater patron Paul peculium penalty persons Pliny possible potestas praetor praetorian probably prosecution prostitutes relationship remarry Republic rescript Roman Egypt Roman law Roman women Rome rules says sctum senatusconsultum Severus slave social specified status stuprum sui iuris testamentary Treggiari tutela tutor legitimus Twelve Tables Ulpian Vestal Watson widow wife wife’s wives woman