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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... widowed, the wife married cum manu had two important advantages; it was possible, at least by 186 B.C., for a husband to give his wife in his will the right to choose her own tutor; 23 and as by entering into manus she had undergone ...
... widowed, the wife married cum manu had two important advantages; it was possible, at least by 186 B.C., for a husband to give his wife in his will the right to choose her own tutor; 23 and as by entering into manus she had undergone ...
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... widows? In any case, with the progressive decline in manus-marriages, the women able to benefit, even supposing that all ... widow might be allowed choice of tutor (bearing in mind that we do not know how long before 186 B.C. it had been ...
... widows? In any case, with the progressive decline in manus-marriages, the women able to benefit, even supposing that all ... widow might be allowed choice of tutor (bearing in mind that we do not know how long before 186 B.C. it had been ...
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... testamentary tutors. The combination of a tutor from outside the group of the agnates and an available testamentary procedure would make it easier for women to leave property away from agnates. It must be remembered that, for a widow.
... testamentary tutors. The combination of a tutor from outside the group of the agnates and an available testamentary procedure would make it easier for women to leave property away from agnates. It must be remembered that, for a widow.
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... widow who had been married with manus, the agnates in question would be those acquired through her husband. Watson's view63 has much to recommend it, that the original purpose was to allow women who had married with manus, at a time ...
... widow who had been married with manus, the agnates in question would be those acquired through her husband. Watson's view63 has much to recommend it, that the original purpose was to allow women who had married with manus, at a time ...
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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