Law and Family in Late Antiquity
The Emperor Constantine's Marriage Legislation
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 6 January 2000
- ISBN 9780198208228
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages400 pages
- Size 216x138x22 mm
- Weight 501 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
A new and thought-provoking study of marriage and the law in late antiquity, looking particularly at the new legislation enacted by the emperor Constantine (reigned AD 307-337). Famously the first Christian emperor did his laws reflect Christian ideals, or pagan practice?
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This is a new and thought-provoking study of marriage and the law in late antiquity, dealing particularly with the legislation on marriage enacted by the Roman emperor Constantine (AD 307-337). As the first emperor to accept Christianity, Constantine is often credited with having introduced Christian ideals and practices into Roman law, but in this book the author argues that the extent of Christian influence on Constantine's marriage legislation was limited. Rather, in many cases, it merely granted legal recognition to practices that had long been followed by many people in the Roman Empire. Whilst Constantine did not always endorse such practices, and in some cases even tried to repress them, a careful examination of his laws against the dual background of classical Roman law and early Christian attitudes towards marriage reveals much about contemporary behaviour and belief in late antiquity.
The author places Constantine's legal decisions in their legal, social, and religious contexts, and displays both subtlety and impressive learning in the process ... Evans Grubbs is an alert and judicious guide ... in pursuing her questions about Constantine the author has produced an important analysis of some of the key questions raised by the rise of Christianity and its relationship to Roman society.
