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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... woman ever did—materfamilias in Latin was merely the term used to designate the wife, or strictly the 2 wife in manus, of a paterfamilias. A woman's children, The Guardianship of Women.
... woman ever did—materfamilias in Latin was merely the term used to designate the wife, or strictly the 2 wife in manus, of a paterfamilias. A woman's children, The Guardianship of Women.
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Jane F. Gardner. 2 wife in manus, of a paterfamilias. A woman's children, if legitimate, belonged to the familia of their father; if illegitimate, they were sui iuris. The powers of the pater were extensive, 3 and they lasted over his ...
Jane F. Gardner. 2 wife in manus, of a paterfamilias. A woman's children, if legitimate, belonged to the familia of their father; if illegitimate, they were sui iuris. The powers of the pater were extensive, 3 and they lasted over his ...
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... woman's estate did not go in the first instance to children, and after that, both legitimate and illegitimate children had a claim (by the senatusconsultum Orphitianum). 11 The fictitious sale was also used to emancipate the son or ...
... woman's estate did not go in the first instance to children, and after that, both legitimate and illegitimate children had a claim (by the senatusconsultum Orphitianum). 11 The fictitious sale was also used to emancipate the son or ...
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... woman draws upon her peculium to provide herself with a dowry. Gaius says the action is granted 'especially when the woman (whether daughter or slave) is sarcinatrix (clothesmaker or clothes-mender) or weaver or engaged in any common ...
... woman draws upon her peculium to provide herself with a dowry. Gaius says the action is granted 'especially when the woman (whether daughter or slave) is sarcinatrix (clothesmaker or clothes-mender) or weaver or engaged in any common ...
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... woman married without manus. She would also be unable to invoke the protection of her pater, as she had passed out of his familia, nor, of course, did she retain any rights of intestate succession in her family of origin. Manus could ...
... woman married without manus. She would also be unable to invoke the protection of her pater, as she had passed out of his familia, nor, of course, did she retain any rights of intestate succession in her family of origin. Manus could ...
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