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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... consent was necessary to the marriage of sons or daughters. In early law, their consent may not have been needed, but in the classical period it seems that a father could not force his son to marry. The daughter's situation is less ...
... consent was necessary to the marriage of sons or daughters. In early law, their consent may not have been needed, but in the classical period it seems that a father could not force his son to marry. The daughter's situation is less ...
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... consent of 'all her tutors' was needed, since all her property would pass with her; responsibility for her existing debts, however, remained with her.31 Two instances of coemptio in one family in the first century B.C. are known from ...
... consent of 'all her tutors' was needed, since all her property would pass with her; responsibility for her existing debts, however, remained with her.31 Two instances of coemptio in one family in the first century B.C. are known from ...
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... 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, however, in anything to do with the transmission of property through Roman women is always ...
... 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, however, in anything to do with the transmission of property through Roman women is always ...
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... consent to such radical action as, e.g., the making of a will. Coemptio fiduciae causa51 was a notional sale of the woman, with the tutor's consent, to a man of her choice, who then manumitted her and became her tutor fiduciarius. As we ...
... consent to such radical action as, e.g., the making of a will. Coemptio fiduciae causa51 was a notional sale of the woman, with the tutor's consent, to a man of her choice, who then manumitted her and became her tutor fiduciarius. As we ...
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... consent for marriage and for the creation of a dowry reveals the original concern of the Romans to control movement of property between familiae. Consent was apparently not needed for marriage without manus even in the early Republic ...
... consent for marriage and for the creation of a dowry reveals the original concern of the Romans to control movement of property between familiae. Consent was apparently not needed for marriage without manus even in the early Republic ...
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