SOC 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Concubinage, Patrilineality, Sexual Intercourse
15 Sep 2016
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Roman patriarchal family (overview/long term changes in this long period) patriarchal family (trustee) structure-power over children lasts a lifetime (fathers power), he can sell children and grandchildren, arrange marriages, exile, death. Roman marriage: brides dowry could be returned in the event of divorce. Husband has ultimate power over wife and children. War will bring rights to women and then their husbands return from war, it is revoked. English common law women were legal wards/property of their husbands. Prior to marriage, women help land, could inherit, sue, enter into contracts, etc. A: to combine wealth, have protection (physically and socially). Since its informed, there"s casual polygamy, concubinage, separation and divorce. Late medieval: church becomes heavily involved i marriage, leading to increased permanence. Grounds for divorce: spouses too closely related, adultery, leprosy, impotency (want for healthy children). It is a crime against his property if she doesn"t abide, even in cases of rape.
