Applying Sharia in the West
Maria Berger (ed.)
- Title
- Marriage, Sex and Death
- Subtitle
- The Family and the Fall of the Roman West
- Author
- Emma Southon
- Price
- € 124,00 excl. VAT
- ISBN
- 9789462980358
- Format
- Hardback
- Number of pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 11 - 05 - 2017
- Dimensions
- 15.6 x 23.4 cm
- Category
- Antiquity
- Discipline
- History, Art History, and Archaeology
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- Also available as
- eBook PDF - € 123,99
Abbreviations
Introduction
Terminology and Time Frame
Structure
Part One: Creating New Families
Chapter One: Property, Power and Bride Price
Chapter Two: Consent to Betrothal
Chapter Three: Betrothal, Desire, and Emotional Attachment
Chapter Four: Having Children
Chapter Four: Family Planning
Conclusions to Part One
Part Two: Marriage
Chapter One: Property and the Limits of Marriage
Chapter Two: Sex and the Meaning of Marriage
Chapter Four: Divorce
Chapter Five: Concordia
Conclusions to Part Two
Part Three: Parenthood
Chapter One: Patrimony and Fatherhood
Chapter Two: The Role and Meaning of Fatherhood
Chapter Three: The Legal Role of Mothers
Chapter Four: The Nurturing Mother
Chapter Five: Parents and Betrothal
Chapter Six: Parents and Adult Children
Conclusions to Part Three
Conclusions
Appendix One: The Law Codes
Appendix Two: Table of Incidence of Laws Concerning Betrothal and Marriage
Appendix Three: Table of Incidence of Laws Concerning Parenting
Notes
Reviews and Features
"This is, in many respects, a very useful book. The family of the late Roman world is a well-researched topic, but there are few monograph-length studies that focus on the immediate post-Roman world. ... On academic reading lists the book should therefore have pride of place next to earlier key studies, such as Geoffrey Nathan’s more Rome-focussed The Family in Late Antiquity, for complementation and comparison." - Julia Hillner, Plekos 22, 2020
Emma Southon
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 dramatic changes in law, politics, power, and culture. Against the backdrop of that upheaval, the family became a vitally important area of focus for cultural struggles related to morality, law, and tradition. This book explores those battles in order to demonstrate, through the family, the intersections between Roman and Christian legal culture, thought, and political power.
Author
Emma Southon
Dr Emma Southon lives in Belfast and is a freelance writer and editor.
