This essay analyzes the legislation on the crimes of abduction and rape in Late Antiquity, since in this period both the imperial law and canonical legislation expressed the utmost severity towards the abductor and the rapist, though, at the same time, not giving value to the will of women, considered as ‘property’ of men in their family: husbands, betrotheds, fathers and brothers were the only guardians and holders of control on the body of women
Sul corpo delle donne: note su ratto e stupro nella legislazione canonica tardoantica
Mario Resta
2020-01-01
Abstract
This essay analyzes the legislation on the crimes of abduction and rape in Late Antiquity, since in this period both the imperial law and canonical legislation expressed the utmost severity towards the abductor and the rapist, though, at the same time, not giving value to the will of women, considered as ‘property’ of men in their family: husbands, betrotheds, fathers and brothers were the only guardians and holders of control on the body of womenFile in questo prodotto:
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