Was Ancient Rome a Dead Wives Society? What did the Roman Paterfamilias Get Away With?
| avondale-bepress.context-key | 3309520 | |
| avondale-bepress.submission-path | theo_papers/53 | |
| avondale.affiliate | Thompson, Steven; 0000-0002-9365-2264 | |
| avondale.department | Scripture, Spirituality and Society Research Centre | |
| avondale.faculty | Theology | |
| avondale.reporting.version | Published Version | |
| dc.contributor.author | Thompson, Steven | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-01T00:27:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-01T00:27:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006-01-01 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2012-09-10T23:54:43Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | <p>Until recently, descriptions of the Roman family routinely attributed to the head of household the right of life and death over his wife, children of any age, and slaves, and assumed he exercised it. Challenges to this position by Roman law specialists have gradually affected the way this right and its exercise are described by historians of the family. This article surveys these challenges, tracks their uptake by historians of the family, and notes the emerging consensus answer to the question What did the Roman father get by with? Relevant ancient sources are quoted and placed in context, and previously unexamined evidence from Roman playwrights and satirists is offered to support the emerging consensus answer, which is that he did not get away with murder.</p> | |
| dc.identifier.citation | <p>Thompson, S. (2006). Was ancient rome a dead wives society? What did the roman paterfamilias get away with? <em>Journal of Family History, 31</em>(1), 3-27. doi:10.1177/0363199005283010</p> | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1177/0363199005283010 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0363-1990 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/1897/03309520 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_us | |
| dc.provenance | <p>This article was originally published as:</p> <p>Thompson, S. (2006). Was ancient Rome a dead wives society? What did the Roman paterfamilias get away with? <em>Journal of Family History, 31</em>(1), 3-27. doi:10.1177/0363199005283010</p> <p>ISSN:1552-5473</p> | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Family History | |
| dc.rights | <p>The article available for download is not the version of record but the accepted version of the article by the publisher.</p> <p>This article may be accessed from the publisher<a href="http://jfh.sagepub.com/content/31/1/3.abstract"> here.</a></p> <p>Staff and Students of Avondale College may access the full text of this article via SAGE Humanities and Social Science database <a href="http://jfh.sagepub.com/">here</a>.</p> | |
| dc.subject | Roman fathers | |
| dc.subject | Roman families | |
| dc.subject | Roman children | |
| dc.subject | Roman wives | |
| dc.subject | right of life and death | |
| dc.subject | Roman family law | |
| dc.title | Was Ancient Rome a Dead Wives Society? What did the Roman Paterfamilias Get Away With? | |
| dc.type | Journal Article |
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