ARMING OR CHARMING: OBSEQUIUM AND DOMESTIC POLITICS IN ROMAN NORTH AFRICA
Scholarship to date has dealt mainly with the legal aspects of Roman marriage and its place within Roman society, most of which tends to focus on the disempowerment of women. This article, while not denying the disadvantages women suffered under these conditions, focusses on the mechanics by which w...
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Stellenbsoch University, Department of Ancient Studies
2012-03-01
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| author | M.E.A. De Marre |
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| description | Scholarship to date has dealt mainly with the legal aspects of Roman marriage and its place within Roman society, most of which tends to focus on the disempowerment of women. This article, while not denying the disadvantages women suffered under these conditions, focusses on the mechanics by which women could achieve their aims within the boundaries of marriage and how the concept of obsequium could have been understood and implemented by both partners to the marriage contract. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2de68e2594af4af88bbb169741614f552022-12-22T00:13:11ZafrStellenbsoch University, Department of Ancient StudiesAkroterion0303-18962079-28832012-03-0150010.7445/50-0-75ARMING OR CHARMING: OBSEQUIUM AND DOMESTIC POLITICS IN ROMAN NORTH AFRICAM.E.A. De MarreScholarship to date has dealt mainly with the legal aspects of Roman marriage and its place within Roman society, most of which tends to focus on the disempowerment of women. This article, while not denying the disadvantages women suffered under these conditions, focusses on the mechanics by which women could achieve their aims within the boundaries of marriage and how the concept of obsequium could have been understood and implemented by both partners to the marriage contract.http://akroterion.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/75 |
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| title | ARMING OR CHARMING: OBSEQUIUM AND DOMESTIC POLITICS IN ROMAN NORTH AFRICA |
| title_full | ARMING OR CHARMING: OBSEQUIUM AND DOMESTIC POLITICS IN ROMAN NORTH AFRICA |
| title_fullStr | ARMING OR CHARMING: OBSEQUIUM AND DOMESTIC POLITICS IN ROMAN NORTH AFRICA |
| title_full_unstemmed | ARMING OR CHARMING: OBSEQUIUM AND DOMESTIC POLITICS IN ROMAN NORTH AFRICA |
| title_short | ARMING OR CHARMING: OBSEQUIUM AND DOMESTIC POLITICS IN ROMAN NORTH AFRICA |
| title_sort | arming or charming obsequium and domestic politics in roman north africa |
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