Kinship and Family Law in Mexico-Tenochtitlan
The article deals with the kinship system and the family law of the Aztecs/Nahuas, the inhabitants of the prehispanic central Mexican urban state Tenochtitlan. Aztecs viewed the kinship as a rope that ties people to each other, whereas the family did not (at least primarily) understand as personal t...
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Trnava University, Faculty of Law
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| description | The article deals with the kinship system and the family law of the Aztecs/Nahuas, the inhabitants of the prehispanic central Mexican urban state Tenochtitlan. Aztecs viewed the kinship as a rope that ties people to each other, whereas the family did not (at least primarily) understand as personal ties, but as household. Both structure and terminology of the Aztec kinship were rich and complex. The Aztec family law was a traditional customary law that the legislation of the Aztec state had affected only to a limited extent. To marry and to have children was considered a bounded duty of all Aztecs except for priests. Polygyny wasn’t prohibited, but the majority of Aztecs preferred a monogamous marriage. Monogamous marriage could be either temporary or for indefinite periods. The marriage for indefinite periods was entered into by special ceremonies performed by the groom, bride and their parents, without the presence of any official or priest. In principle, Aztec wives were neither personally, nor in the economic sense essentially subjected to their husbands. Divorce was allowed but strongly deprecated by the society. Parental authority included a number of rights. It disappeared with the marriage of the child. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f468010683b9477a8bc4ad9d7bb244712023-09-10T14:31:56ZcesTrnava University, Faculty of LawSocietas et Iurisprudentia1339-54672014-03-01215082Kinship and Family Law in Mexico-TenochtitlanPeter Vyšný0Trnava University in Trnava, Trnava, SlovakiaThe article deals with the kinship system and the family law of the Aztecs/Nahuas, the inhabitants of the prehispanic central Mexican urban state Tenochtitlan. Aztecs viewed the kinship as a rope that ties people to each other, whereas the family did not (at least primarily) understand as personal ties, but as household. Both structure and terminology of the Aztec kinship were rich and complex. The Aztec family law was a traditional customary law that the legislation of the Aztec state had affected only to a limited extent. To marry and to have children was considered a bounded duty of all Aztecs except for priests. Polygyny wasn’t prohibited, but the majority of Aztecs preferred a monogamous marriage. Monogamous marriage could be either temporary or for indefinite periods. The marriage for indefinite periods was entered into by special ceremonies performed by the groom, bride and their parents, without the presence of any official or priest. In principle, Aztec wives were neither personally, nor in the economic sense essentially subjected to their husbands. Divorce was allowed but strongly deprecated by the society. Parental authority included a number of rights. It disappeared with the marriage of the child.http://sei.iuridica.truni.sk/archive/2014/01/SEI-2014-01-Studies-Vysny-Peter.pdfaztecstenochtitlankinshipfamilyfamily lawmexico |
| spellingShingle | Peter Vyšný Kinship and Family Law in Mexico-Tenochtitlan Societas et Iurisprudentia aztecs tenochtitlan kinship family family law mexico |
| title | Kinship and Family Law in Mexico-Tenochtitlan |
| title_full | Kinship and Family Law in Mexico-Tenochtitlan |
| title_fullStr | Kinship and Family Law in Mexico-Tenochtitlan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Kinship and Family Law in Mexico-Tenochtitlan |
| title_short | Kinship and Family Law in Mexico-Tenochtitlan |
| title_sort | kinship and family law in mexico tenochtitlan |
| topic | aztecs tenochtitlan kinship family family law mexico |
| url | http://sei.iuridica.truni.sk/archive/2014/01/SEI-2014-01-Studies-Vysny-Peter.pdf |
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