Publication details
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| Title in English | Marriage |
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
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| Description | Lecture students acquainted with the institution of marriage in Roman law, where the focus was not only on the dowry and betrothal, but especially for the wedding.The wedding was the most important day of every Roman. Weddings could be held only on certain days, because in Rome other days were considered unfit for marriage. The wedding turned a woman into a virtuous Roman wife and if she was entering into marriage cum manu, she underwent capitis deminutio minima. A woman entering into a strict marriage did so on the basis of strictly formal acts. She was completely subjected to her husband and held the position of a daughter to her husband and sister to her own children. Over time, the institute of marriage in Rome underwent sine manu, which was not based on the woman entering into the family of her husband. As a result, the wife became more independent, and after the death of her father, her position could become sui juris. This type of marriage was based on the manifested common will of the spouses. |
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