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. If she were sui iuris, the consent of 'all her tutors' was needed, since all her property would pass with her ... woman's property) for the authority of the tutor legitimus to be given for usus, and that this requirement was then ...
... woman. If she were sui iuris, the consent of 'all her tutors' was needed, since all her property would pass with her ... woman's property) for the authority of the tutor legitimus to be given for usus, and that this requirement was then ...
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... woman (mulier) who became independent on the death of her father or husband was also required to have a tutor. 39 ... woman commemorated in the Laudatio Turiae had resisted a fraudulent claim of this sort. A freedwoman had no agnates, as ...
... woman (mulier) who became independent on the death of her father or husband was also required to have a tutor. 39 ... woman commemorated in the Laudatio Turiae had resisted a fraudulent claim of this sort. A freedwoman had no agnates, as ...
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... 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 Gaius, unless specifically limited, change tutors as often as she wished.43 ...
... 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 Gaius, unless specifically limited, change tutors as often as she wished.43 ...
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... woman patron had a tutor appointed in this way. From the time of Claudius, the consul also could appoint, and later emperors extended the function to other magistrates in Italian towns and Latin towns and colonies. In the provinces the ...
... woman patron had a tutor appointed in this way. From the time of Claudius, the consul also could appoint, and later emperors extended the function to other magistrates in Italian towns and Latin towns and colonies. In the provinces the ...
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... woman might have obtained the new tutor's consent to such radical action as, e.g., the making of a will. Coemptio fiduciae causa51 was a notional sale of the woman, with the tutor's consent, to a man of her choice, who then manumitted ...
... woman might have obtained the new tutor's consent to such radical action as, e.g., the making of a will. Coemptio fiduciae causa51 was a notional sale of the woman, with the tutor's consent, to a man of her choice, who then manumitted ...
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