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Bastards in Egypt: Social and Legal Illegitimacy in the Roman Era

Bastards in Egypt: Social and Legal Illegitimacy in the Roman Era

Nowak, M.

Hardcover

Ancient RomeGeneral LawGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 9042942681
ISBN13: 9789042942684
Publisher: Peeters Pub
Published: Jun 25 2020
Pages: 363
Weight: 2.10
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.80 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
Throughout the course of Western history, children born out of wedlock enjoyed neither the social nor legal standing of marital children. Being born out of wedlock caused complications in the lives of not only commoners, but even the elite. The question is whether these attitudes developed independently or if they had a common root. In branches of law regulating the relationships within a family, Roman law is the usual suspect as a kind of 'ideal law', which may be understood as a model for modern practices, not only in the scholarship, but even in judicial decisions. On the other hand, Christianity is often recognised as inspiration for model of family in the West. The primary aim of this book is, therefore, to reconstruct the Roman concept of bastardy and how that concept evolved between Augustus and Constantine the Great, who changed the standing of individuals born out of wedlock and shaped legal definitions of illegitimacy for the centuries to come. Although the study is focused on Roman Egypt, the conclusions reached in this book are relevant for the whole of the Roman empire.

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