Author: Jane F. Gardner
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 0191584533
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Roman families were infinitely diverse, but the basis of Roman civil law was the familia, a strictly-defined group consisting of a head, paterfamilias, and his descendants in the male line. Recent work on the Roman family mainly ignores the familia, in favour of examining such matters as emotional relationships within families, the practical effects of control by a paterfamilias, and demographic factors producing families which did not fit the familia-pattern. This book investigates the interrelationship between family and familia, especially how families exploited the legal rules for their own ends, and disrupted the familia, by use of emancipation (release from patria potestas) and adoption. It also traces legal responses to the effects of demographic factors, which gave increased importance to maternal connections, and to social, such as the difficulties for ex-slaves in conforming to the familia-pattern. The familia as a legal institution remained virtually unchanged; nevertheless Roman family law underwent substantial changes, to meet the needs and desires of Roman society.
Family and Familia in Roman Law and Life
Author: Jane F. Gardner
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 0191584533
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Roman families were infinitely diverse, but the basis of Roman civil law was the familia, a strictly-defined group consisting of a head, paterfamilias, and his descendants in the male line. Recent work on the Roman family mainly ignores the familia, in favour of examining such matters as emotional relationships within families, the practical effects of control by a paterfamilias, and demographic factors producing families which did not fit the familia-pattern. This book investigates the interrelationship between family and familia, especially how families exploited the legal rules for their own ends, and disrupted the familia, by use of emancipation (release from patria potestas) and adoption. It also traces legal responses to the effects of demographic factors, which gave increased importance to maternal connections, and to social, such as the difficulties for ex-slaves in conforming to the familia-pattern. The familia as a legal institution remained virtually unchanged; nevertheless Roman family law underwent substantial changes, to meet the needs and desires of Roman society.
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 0191584533
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Roman families were infinitely diverse, but the basis of Roman civil law was the familia, a strictly-defined group consisting of a head, paterfamilias, and his descendants in the male line. Recent work on the Roman family mainly ignores the familia, in favour of examining such matters as emotional relationships within families, the practical effects of control by a paterfamilias, and demographic factors producing families which did not fit the familia-pattern. This book investigates the interrelationship between family and familia, especially how families exploited the legal rules for their own ends, and disrupted the familia, by use of emancipation (release from patria potestas) and adoption. It also traces legal responses to the effects of demographic factors, which gave increased importance to maternal connections, and to social, such as the difficulties for ex-slaves in conforming to the familia-pattern. The familia as a legal institution remained virtually unchanged; nevertheless Roman family law underwent substantial changes, to meet the needs and desires of Roman society.
Family and Familia in Roman Law and Life
Author: Jane F. Gardner
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 9780198152170
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Roman families were infinitely diverse, but the basis of Roman civil law was the familia, a strictly-defined group consisting of a head, paterfamilias, and his descendants in the male line. Recent work on the Roman family mainly ignores the familia, in favour of examining such matters as emotional relationships within families, the practical effects of control by a paterfamilias, and demographic factors producing families which did not fit the familia-pattern. This book investigates the interrelationship between family and familia, especially how families exploited the legal rules for their own ends, and disrupted the familia, by use of emancipation (release from patria potestas) and adoption. It also traces legal responses to the effects of demographic factors, which gave increased importance to maternal connections, and to social, such as the difficulties for ex-slaves in conforming to the familia-pattern. The familia as a legal institution remained virtually unchanged; nevertheless Roman family law underwent substantial changes, to meet the needs and desires of Roman society.
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 9780198152170
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Roman families were infinitely diverse, but the basis of Roman civil law was the familia, a strictly-defined group consisting of a head, paterfamilias, and his descendants in the male line. Recent work on the Roman family mainly ignores the familia, in favour of examining such matters as emotional relationships within families, the practical effects of control by a paterfamilias, and demographic factors producing families which did not fit the familia-pattern. This book investigates the interrelationship between family and familia, especially how families exploited the legal rules for their own ends, and disrupted the familia, by use of emancipation (release from patria potestas) and adoption. It also traces legal responses to the effects of demographic factors, which gave increased importance to maternal connections, and to social, such as the difficulties for ex-slaves in conforming to the familia-pattern. The familia as a legal institution remained virtually unchanged; nevertheless Roman family law underwent substantial changes, to meet the needs and desires of Roman society.
Family and Familia in Roman Law and Life
Author: Jane F. Gardner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781383006216
Category : Domestic relations (Roman law)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The basis of Roman civil law was the familia, consisting of a head - the paterfamilias - and his descendants in the male line. This investigation of the interrelationship between family and familia, explores its legal, social and demographic aspects.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781383006216
Category : Domestic relations (Roman law)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The basis of Roman civil law was the familia, consisting of a head - the paterfamilias - and his descendants in the male line. This investigation of the interrelationship between family and familia, explores its legal, social and demographic aspects.
A Casebook on Roman Family Law
Author: Bruce W. Frier
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195161854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195161854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
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Patriarchy, Property and Death in the Roman Family
Author: Richard P. Saller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521599788
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This innovative study of the patriarchy belies the accepted notion of the father figure as tyrannical and exploitative.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521599788
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This innovative study of the patriarchy belies the accepted notion of the father figure as tyrannical and exploitative.
The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic
Author: Harriet I. Flower
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107032245
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
This second edition examines all aspects of Roman history, and contains a new introduction, three new chapters and updated bibliographies.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107032245
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
This second edition examines all aspects of Roman history, and contains a new introduction, three new chapters and updated bibliographies.
Adoption in the Roman World
Author: Hugh Lindsay
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052176050X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Full account of the practice, including the procedures and adoption's use as a mode of succession, especially in political circles.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052176050X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Full account of the practice, including the procedures and adoption's use as a mode of succession, especially in political circles.
Gender, Manumission, and the Roman Freedwoman
Author: Matthew J. Perry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107040310
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This book explores the institution of manumission-the freeing of slaves-in ancient Rome from a gendered perspective. Rome was unique among ancient polities in that it bestowed freed slaves with full citizenship, granting them rights nearly equal to those of freeborn individuals. The sexual identities of a female slave and a female citizen were fundamentally incompatible, as the former was principally defined by her sexual availability and the latter by her sexual integrity. Accordingly, those evaluating the manumission process needed to reconcile a woman's experiences as a slave with the expectations and moral rigor required of the female citizen.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107040310
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This book explores the institution of manumission-the freeing of slaves-in ancient Rome from a gendered perspective. Rome was unique among ancient polities in that it bestowed freed slaves with full citizenship, granting them rights nearly equal to those of freeborn individuals. The sexual identities of a female slave and a female citizen were fundamentally incompatible, as the former was principally defined by her sexual availability and the latter by her sexual integrity. Accordingly, those evaluating the manumission process needed to reconcile a woman's experiences as a slave with the expectations and moral rigor required of the female citizen.
The Roman Family in Italy
Author: Beryl Rawson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198152835
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The Roman family is a key concept in the understanding of Roman society at all levels, from the aristocratic elite to slaves. The intertwined themes of status, sentiment, and space, with the use of many types of evidence, from the legal and literary to the iconographical and archaeological, enable the contributors to this book to set out new insights into the family life of the people of Roman Italy.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198152835
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The Roman family is a key concept in the understanding of Roman society at all levels, from the aristocratic elite to slaves. The intertwined themes of status, sentiment, and space, with the use of many types of evidence, from the legal and literary to the iconographical and archaeological, enable the contributors to this book to set out new insights into the family life of the people of Roman Italy.
The Roman Family
Author: Suzanne Dixon
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801842009
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Brings together what historians, anthropologists, and philologists have learned about the family in ancient Rome. Among the topics: family relations and the law, marriage, children in the Roman family, and the family through the life cycle. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801842009
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Brings together what historians, anthropologists, and philologists have learned about the family in ancient Rome. Among the topics: family relations and the law, marriage, children in the Roman family, and the family through the life cycle. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR