Marriage and property / edited by Elizabeth M. Craik ; foreword by J. Steven Watson
1984, 1st edition. Aberdeen : Aberdeen University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #412925
ISBN: 0080284485
Physical description; vi, 192 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; I. Introduction -- II. Marriage in ancient Greece / Elizabeth M. Craik -- III. Free or not so free? Wives and daughters in the late roman republic / A.S. Gratwick -- IV. 'Treasure in heaven': property and inheritance among senators of late rome / Jill Harries -- V. Marriage and the status of women in norse society / Barbara E. Crawford -- VI. 'My wife shall have it': marriage and property in the wills and testaments of later mediaeval england / Ann J. Kettle -- VII. Some aspects of the law of marriage in Scotland: 1500-1700 / A.D.M. Forte -- VIII. 'A mere matter of business': marriage, divorce and the French revolution / Jennifer Birkett -- IX. Marriage and law reform in nineteenth-century America / Patricia Lucie -- X. Women and marriage in victorian society / Phillip Mallett. Subjects; Marriage History. Marital property History. Separate property History. Community property History. Sociological jurisprudence. Women Legal status, laws, etc. Marriage law. Matrimonial property Law, to 1900.
Price: €21.95