Faeelin
Banned
Ancient Rome, surprisingly, was a fairly good place to be a woman in, all things considered.
In early imperial law and late republic, a woman could own her own property, and while the woman's dowry went to the husband, the woman was part of her father's property system.
Essentially, while her father lived, the woman's property was held by the father. But when the father died, as happened fairly early, property went to the woman, not to her husband or kids. Thus, women could own property in their own right.
When Bologna's jurists revived classical law in the 12th and 13th centuries, they modified it. (Shock! Gasp!) . A woman's position in regard to her husband was now similar to that of a freedwoman to her master in Rome, to whom respect and duties were owed. Women were also placed under their husband's guardianship after their father died in this Bologna Roman Law. In Tru Roman Law, they were under no one's guardianship.
So, around 1150, a jurist has a different, better wife. Frederick I supports this as part of the package of Roman Law; the pope opposes it, but it does catch on in Italy. It expands as Roman Law does, in southern france and elsewhere.
Thoughts?
In early imperial law and late republic, a woman could own her own property, and while the woman's dowry went to the husband, the woman was part of her father's property system.
Essentially, while her father lived, the woman's property was held by the father. But when the father died, as happened fairly early, property went to the woman, not to her husband or kids. Thus, women could own property in their own right.
When Bologna's jurists revived classical law in the 12th and 13th centuries, they modified it. (Shock! Gasp!) . A woman's position in regard to her husband was now similar to that of a freedwoman to her master in Rome, to whom respect and duties were owed. Women were also placed under their husband's guardianship after their father died in this Bologna Roman Law. In Tru Roman Law, they were under no one's guardianship.
So, around 1150, a jurist has a different, better wife. Frederick I supports this as part of the package of Roman Law; the pope opposes it, but it does catch on in Italy. It expands as Roman Law does, in southern france and elsewhere.
Thoughts?