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Author Arjava, Antti.

Title Women and law in late antiquity / Antti Arjava.

Imprint Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  346.401 A719W    Check Shelf
Description xi, 304 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-289) and index.
Contents 1. Historical Setting and Sources -- 2. Fathers and Children -- 3. Mothers and Children -- 4. Married Women -- 5. Separation and Single Life -- 6. Sexual Relations outside Marriage -- 7. Women and the Society of Men -- 8. General Conclusions.
Summary This is the first comprehensive account of women's legal and social positions in the west from classical antiquity right through to the early middle ages. The main focus of the book is on the late antique period, with constant reference to classical Roman law and the lives of women in the early empire. The book goes on to follow women's history up to the seventh century, thus bridging the notorious gap of the 'dark ages'. Major themes include daughters' succession rights; the independence of married women; sexual relations outside marriage; divorce; remarriage; and the general legal capacity of women. Antti Arjava argues that from the viewpoint of most women, late antiquity was not a period of radical change. In particular, the influence of Christianity has often been considerably exaggerated. It was only after the fall of the western empire that a new legal system and a new social world emerged.
Subject Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Europe -- History.
Women (Roman law)
Women -- Europe -- Social conditions.
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (OCoLC)fst01176824
Women (Roman law) (OCoLC)fst01734616
Women -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01176947
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
Women -- legislation & jurisprudence.
Women's Rights -- history.
Family -- legislation & jurisprudence.
Women -- history.
Indexed Term Women Law History
Europe
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 0198150334
9780198150336
0198152337 (pbk.)
9780198152330 (pbk.)
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