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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... father refused to permit the marriage. 18 Sons and daughters in 'free' marriage, remained subject to the father's potestas after marriage.19 Until the time of Marcus Aurelius, a father could dissolve his children's marriages even ...
... father refused to permit the marriage. 18 Sons and daughters in 'free' marriage, remained subject to the father's potestas after marriage.19 Until the time of Marcus Aurelius, a father could dissolve his children's marriages even ...
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... father, while he lived, and anything accruing to her by gift or bequest or in any other way during the marriage was ... fathers, 25 she would have to wait longer to enter into independence than a woman married without manus. She would ...
... father, while he lived, and anything accruing to her by gift or bequest or in any other way during the marriage was ... fathers, 25 she would have to wait longer to enter into independence than a woman married without manus. She would ...
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... 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, however, in anything ...
... 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, however, in anything ...
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... father or husband. The latter (though apparently not the former) could allow the woman to choose her own tutor, a right first attested for the year 186 B.C. This option could be limited or unlimited—i.e., the woman could, according to ...
... father or husband. The latter (though apparently not the former) could allow the woman to choose her own tutor, a right first attested for the year 186 B.C. This option could be limited or unlimited—i.e., the woman could, according to ...
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... father had betrothed her to her guardian or expressed a desire for the match in his will. Whether, conversely, a husband was banned from being tutor to his wife, except as appointed in the father's will, is not known. Examples of ...
... father had betrothed her to her guardian or expressed a desire for the match in his will. Whether, conversely, a husband was banned from being tutor to his wife, except as appointed in the father's will, is not known. Examples of ...
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