Law and family in late antiquity : the Emperor Constantine's marriage legislation

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Law and family in late antiquity : the Emperor Constantine's marriage legislation

Judith Evans Grubbs

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1995

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Revised version of the author's thesis -- Stanford University, 1987

Bibliography: p. [353]-371

Includes indexes

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内容説明

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?

目次

  • 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

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