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Patriarchy, Property and Death in the Roman Family

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ISBN-10: 0521599784

ISBN-13: 9780521599788

Edition: 1997

Authors: Richard P. Saller, Jan De Vries, Paul Johnson, Richard Smith, Keith Wrightson

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List price: $47.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/28/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 268
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.90" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Paul Johnson lives in London.

Richard Smith is a specialist in organisational development related people development issues and has enjoyed a number of senior roles for a range of blue chip organizations including Dixon Group and Lloyds Bank. Currently running his own consultancy Richard Smith Associates, he works with clients as diverse as Unilever, GKN, Nestle, Mars and Harvard Business School. The Chief Examiner for APMG Change Management products and lead author of the first global Change Management Body of Knowledge for the Change Management Institute, he is also a Fellow of the CIPD.

Keith Wrightsonis the TownsendProfessor of History at Yale University and the author ofEarthly Necessities: Economic Lives in Early Modern Britain. He lives in Guilford, CT.

Introduction: approaches to the history of the Roman family
Roman Life Course and Kinship: Biology and Culture
Roman patterns of death, marriage and birth
Simulations of Roman family and kinship
Roman Family and Culture: Definitions and Norms
Familia and domus: defining and representing the Roman family and household
Pietas and patria potestas: obligation and power in the Roman household
Whips and words: discipline and punishment in the Roman household
The Devolution of Property in the Roman Family
Strategies of succession in Roman families
Guardianship of Roman children
Dowries and daughters in Rome
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index