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Marriage, sex and death : the family and the fall of the Roman West /
By the end of the fifth century, with the structural collapse of the Roman Empire in the west, Western Europe had fallen into the so-called Dark Ages. With the power of Rome removed, the Catholic Church stepped in to fill the void. Its political rise, alongside that of the Germanic kingdoms, led to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Table Of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part 1. Creating New Families
- 1. Property, Power and Bride Price
- 2. Consent to Betrothal
- 3. Betrothal, Desire, and Emotional Attachment
- 4. Having Children
- 5. Family Planning
- Conclusions to Part 1
- Part 2. Marriage
- Introduction
- 1. Property and the Limits of Marriage
- 2. Sex and the Meaning of Marriage
- 3. Adultery
- 4. Divorce
- 5. Concordia
- Conclusions to Part 2
- Part 3. Parenthood
- Introduction
- 1. Patrimony and Fatherhood
- 2. The Role and Meaning of Fatherhood
- 3. The Legal Role of Mothers
- 4. The Nurturing Mother
- 5. Parents and Betrothal
- 6. Parents and Adult Children
- Conclusions to Part 3
- Conclusions
- Appendix 1: The Law Codes
- Appendix 2: Table of Incidence of Laws Concerning Betrothal and Marriage
- Appendix 3: Three Table of Incidence of Laws Concerning Parenting
- Bibliography
- Index