Author : Jane F. Gardner
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,66 MB
Release : 1991-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253206350
"The book meets the highest standards of scholarly rigor, and treatment of disputed issues is informative without being esoteric. An excellent general survey and introduction." —Choice " . . . will be enormously useful for those interested in teaching courses on Roman women or Roman law." —The Classical Outlook
Author : Judith Evans Grubbs
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 33,55 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Domestic relations (Roman law)
ISBN : 0415152402
This sourcebook fully exploits the rich legal material of the imperial period, explaining the rights women held under Roman law, the restrictions to which they were subject, and legal regulations on marriage, divorce and widowhood.
Author : Andrew M. Riggsby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 36,29 MB
Release : 2010-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 052168711X
Andrew Riggsby provides a survey of the main areas of Roman law, and their place in Roman life.
Author : Jane F. Gardner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 33,2 MB
Release : 2008-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1134930267
The 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.
Author : Paul J du Plessis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 753 pages
File Size : 44,68 MB
Release : 2016-09-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0191044423
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Law and Society surveys the landscape of contemporary research and charts principal directions of future inquiry. More than a history of doctrine or an account of jurisprudence, the Handbook brings to bear upon Roman legal study the full range of intellectual resources of contemporary legal history, from comparison to popular constitutionalism, from international private law to law and society, thereby setting itself apart from other volumes as a unique contribution to scholarship on its subject. The Handbook brings the study of Roman law into closer alignment and dialogue with historical, sociological, and anthropological research into law in other periods. It will therefore be of value not only to ancient historians and legal historians already focused on the ancient world, but to historians of all periods interested in law and its complex and multifaceted relationship to society.
Author : Jane Rowlandson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 14,67 MB
Release : 1998-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521588157
The period of Egyptian history from its rule by the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty to its incorporation into the Roman and Byzantine empires has left a wealth of evidence for the lives of ordinary men and women. Texts (often personal letters) written on papyrus and other materials, objects of everyday use and funerary portraits have survived from the Graeco-Roman period of Egyptian history. But much of this unparalleled resource has been available only to specialists because of the difficulty of reading and interpreting it. Now eleven leading scholars in this field have collaborated to make available to students and other non-specialists a selection of over three hundred texts translated from Greek and Egyptian, as well as more than fifty illustrations, documenting the lives of women within this society, from queens to priestesses, property-owners to slave-girls, from birth through motherhood to death. Each item is accompanied by full explanatory notes and bibliographical references.
Author : Paul J. du Plessis
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,20 MB
Release : 2013-01-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 0748668187
Roman law as a field of study is rapidly evolving to reflect new perspectives and approaches in research. Scholars who work on the subject are increasingly being asked to conduct research in an interdisciplinary manner whereby Roman law is not merely seen as a set of abstract concepts devoid of any background, but as a body of law which operated in a specific social, economic and cultural context. This context-based, 'law and society' approach to the study of Roman law is an exciting new field which legal historians must address. This interdisciplinary collection focuses on three larger themes which have emerged from these studies: Roman legal thought the interaction between legal theory and legal practice and the relationship between law and economics.
Author : Judith P. Hallett
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 43,65 MB
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1400855322
Judith Hallett illuminates a paradox of elite Roman society of the classical period: its members extolled female domesticity and imposed numerous formal constraints on women's public activity, but many women in Rome's leading families wielded substantial political and social influence. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Bruce W. Winter
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 39,97 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802849717
During the late Republic and early Empire, the new woman' made her appearance. This was a wife or widow of means who took part in life outside the walls of her house, including wider society, business and extra-marital affairs.
Author : Beryl Rawson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 26,91 MB
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801494604
Provides a general picture of the main features of the Roman family and looks at important legal aspects such as property rights, dowries, divorce, and the authority of the male with its links to political power.
