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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... to have been set for the distance (and so the duration) of the absence, this magisterial replacement is usually interpreted as a mere device for change of tutor, underlining the unreality of the tutela in classical law. Other methods of ...
... to have been set for the distance (and so the duration) of the absence, this magisterial replacement is usually interpreted as a mere device for change of tutor, underlining the unreality of the tutela in classical law. Other methods of ...
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... to have been a pawnbroker, receiving such items as earrings and cloaks as pledges for small loans. 56 Obviously, the well-to-do would be most affected by the need for tutor's authorisation, especially in a society in which land was the ...
... to have been a pawnbroker, receiving such items as earrings and cloaks as pledges for small loans. 56 Obviously, the well-to-do would be most affected by the need for tutor's authorisation, especially in a society in which land was the ...
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... to have their claim placed on record. 68 Aurelia Thaisus, also known as Lolliane, says: Women honoured with the privilege derived from children are given the right to act independently and to conduct their own affairs, in any business ...
... to have their claim placed on record. 68 Aurelia Thaisus, also known as Lolliane, says: Women honoured with the privilege derived from children are given the right to act independently and to conduct their own affairs, in any business ...
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... to have cheated her of the estate.73. Women. outside. the. Family: Vestal. Virgins. The legal status of the priestesses in charge of the cult of Vesta was anomalous in a number of ways. 74 Girls of citizen birth of all ranks were eligible ...
... to have cheated her of the estate.73. Women. outside. the. Family: Vestal. Virgins. The legal status of the priestesses in charge of the cult of Vesta was anomalous in a number of ways. 74 Girls of citizen birth of all ranks were eligible ...
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... to have stood to her in the relation of a pater (or of a husband in a manusmarriage). He could inflict corporal punishment, but had not the ius vitae necisque. Vestals who broke the rule of virginity and were condemned incesti could be ...
... to have stood to her in the relation of a pater (or of a husband in a manusmarriage). He could inflict corporal punishment, but had not the ius vitae necisque. Vestals who broke the rule of virginity and were condemned incesti could be ...
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