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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... that the intention was in practice to discourage such killing. 8 Included in the power over the child's person was the right of sale or surrender. Originally this included the right to sell a child into actual slavery, but this was ...
... that the intention was in practice to discourage such killing. 8 Included in the power over the child's person was the right of sale or surrender. Originally this included the right to sell a child into actual slavery, but this was ...
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... that the slave-born daughters of such couples probably could not be adopted into their natural families. However, adoption conferred little legal gain. The father's patron (former owner) had a claim against adoptive children of up to ...
... that the slave-born daughters of such couples probably could not be adopted into their natural families. However, adoption conferred little legal gain. The father's patron (former owner) had a claim against adoptive children of up to ...
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... that the wife of the flamen should come under her husband's manus only so far as religious rites were concerned; in all else, she was to have the status of a woman in free marriage. Tacitus cites as reasons for the unpopularity of this ...
... that the wife of the flamen should come under her husband's manus only so far as religious rites were concerned; in all else, she was to have the status of a woman in free marriage. Tacitus cites as reasons for the unpopularity of this ...
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... that the apathy or antipathy lay mainly among women. Coemptio29 for matrimonial purposes (to be distinguished from coemptio fiduciae causa) 30 was a form of notional sale of the woman. If she were sui iuris, the consent of 'all her ...
... that the apathy or antipathy lay mainly among women. Coemptio29 for matrimonial purposes (to be distinguished from coemptio fiduciae causa) 30 was a form of notional sale of the woman. If she were sui iuris, the consent of 'all her ...
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... similar to that of a patron, with the difference that the patron's male descendants inherited a tutela legitima, while that of the parens manumissor became 41 fiduciary in the next generation. Otherwise, the tutor legitimus normally.
... similar to that of a patron, with the difference that the patron's male descendants inherited a tutela legitima, while that of the parens manumissor became 41 fiduciary in the next generation. Otherwise, the tutor legitimus normally.
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