Family law and society in Europe from the Middle Ages to the contemporary era / Maria Gigliola di Renzo Villata, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Villata, Maria Gigliola di Renzo, editor.

EBSCOhost.

Series:

Studies in the history of law and justice ; v. 5.

Studies in the history of law and justice ; volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Domestic relations--Europe.

Domestic relations.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Switzerland : Springer, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; 1 Christian Influence on Modern Family Law; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Classical Roman Law; 3 The Church Fathers; 4 From the Irish Penitentials to the Canon Law of Marriage; 5 The Protestant Reformation; 6 The Idea of Human Rights for Families; 7 The Neo-Lutheran Formation of "Family Law" in Germany; 8 Development in the 20th Century; References; Sources; Bibliography; 2 The Catalan Sagrada Família: Law and Family in Medieval and Modern Catalonia; Abstract; 1 Introduction: The Catalan Legal System and the Family in History

2 The Origins and Historical Evolution of Catalonia and Its Legal System2.1 The Origins; 2.2 The Feudal Monarchy; 2.3 The Monarchy of Estates; 2.4 Catalonia Under Absolutism and Liberalism; 3 The Family and Family Law in Catalonia in the Middle Ages and the Modern Era; 3.1 The Catalan Legal System, Its Civil Law and Patrimonial Archives; 3.2 The Inheritance Systems of the Hispanic Monarchy; 3.3 Inheritance Models in Catalonia; 3.4 Catalan Marriage Charters: The Founding Document for Households and Families; 4 Conclusions; References; Literature

3 Adoption Between Ancien Régime and Codification: Is It in Remission in a Changing World?Abstract; 1 Premise; 2 The Early Middle Ages-the Re-Deployment of Adoption According to Society's Needs; 3 The Late Middle Ages: in the Footsteps of the Past?; 4 In the 1300s and 1400s; 5 Statuta, Fiefs and Legal Consulting; 6 In Europe: A Glance at Some Testimonies from the Middle Ages; 7 In the Modern Age: A Debated Survival; 8 Towards the Contemporary Ages: from the Code Civil to Italian Civil Code (1865) and ... Closer to Our Times; References

4 A Consilium of Torello Di Niccolò Torelli of Prato on Dos AestimataAbstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Case; 3 Consilium; 4 Edition; 4.1 Christus; 4.2 Nunc Oriuntur Quamplura Dubia de Predictis; References; Sources; Literature; 5 Property of Spouses in Law in Renaissance Florence; Abstract; 1 Florentine Wives: Images and Realities; 2 Women's Property in Law; 3 Women's Property in Statutory Law; 4 A Florentine Householder; 5 Cases; 6 Conclusion; References; Sources; Literature; 6 The English Law of Marriage and the Family (1500-1640); Abstract; 1 Introduction

2 Jurisdiction and the Law of Marriage and Divorce3 The Law and Practice of Marriage and Divorce; 4 Extent of Matrimonial Litigation; 5 The Prohibited Degrees of Consanguinity and Affinity; 6 Regulation of Domestic Life; 7 Offenses Against Morality; 8 Regulation of Life Within the Family; 9 Conclusion; References; 7 Towards a New Era of Modernity? Late Scholastic Speculation on Bigamy and Polygamy; Abstract; 1 Preliminary Remarks. Marriage and Bigamy in the Sixteenth Century; 2 The Problem of Polygamy and the Justification of Its Prohibition in Sixteenth-Century Scholasticism; 3 Conclusions

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource, title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed on September 30, 2016).

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Other Format:

Print version: Family law and society in Europe from the middle ages to the contemporary era.

ISBN:

9783319422893

3319422898

3319422871

9783319422879

Publisher Number:

99984206091

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