Shopping Cart : is empty
Home   |    Ancient Greek Law / Ancient Roman Law  

Law and Family in Late Antiquity : The Emperor Constantine's Marriage Legislation

by: Grubbs, J.E.

Price: 85,00 EURO

1 copy in stock
 
Category: Ancient Greek Law / Ancient Roman Law
Code: 25855
ISBN-13: 9780198147688 / 978-0-19-814768-8
ISBN-10: 0198147686 / 0-19-814768-6
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1995
Publication Place: Oxford
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 390
Book Condition: Very good

Law and Family in Late Antiquity
The Emperor Constantine's Marriage Legislation
Judith Evans Grubbs
Clarendon Press

A new and thought-provoking study of marriage and the law in late antiquity, looking particularly at the new legislation enacted by the emperor ...

Description
A new and thought-provoking study of marriage and the law in late antiquity, looking particularly at the new legislation enacted by the emperor Constantine (reigned AD 307-337). Constantine was famously the first Christian emperor - did his laws reflect Christian ideals, or pagan practice?

Table of Contents
Introduction
The Social and Legal Background
`Pagan' and `Christian' Marriage
The Repeal of the Augustan Penalites on Celibacy
Making the Marriage Bond: Betrothal, Abduction, and Seduction
Breaking the Bond: Adultery and Divorce
Sex and Status: Legislation on `Mixed Status' Unions
Perspectives on Constantine's Legislation
Appendix I: Constantine's Legislation on Marriage and the Family
Appendix II: The Legislation of 326

Author Information
Judith Evans Grubbs, Fellow at the National Humanities Center, North Carolina, 1993-94; Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Sweet Briar College, Virginia

 
  Already viewed

ΤΑ ΦΑΙΝΟΜΕΝΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΡΑΤΟΥ ΣΤΟΥΣ ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΟΥΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΥΣ ΜΕΤΑΓΕΝΕΣΤΕΡΟΥΣ ΤΟΥ

by: ΑΥΓΕΡΙΝΟΣ, Χ.Ε.

  • ISBN-13: 9789604042821 / 978-960-404-282-1
  • ISBN-03: 9604042823 / 960-404-282-3
  • ΑΚΑΔΗΜΙΑ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ / Academy of Athens, ΑΘΗΝΑ / Athens, 2014

Price: 38,00 EURO

1 copy in stock
 

Law and Family in Late Antiquity : The Emperor Constantine's Marriage Legislation

by: Grubbs, J.E.

  • ISBN-13: 9780198147688 / 978-0-19-814768-8
  • ISBN-03: 0198147686 / 0-19-814768-6
  • Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995

Price: 85,00 EURO

1 copy in stock
 

The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Science

by: Taub, L.

  • ISBN-13: 9781107465763 / 978-1-107-46576-3
  • ISBN-03: 1107465761 / 1-107-46576-1
  • Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2020

SOLD