10-31-2014, 09:05 PM
A lot depends on the era. The more late you go, the more rights a wife has (except with Justinian, he reinstated classical laws).
As a general rule, expensive gifts were forbidden between spouses. This was to keep dumb men from giving all their inheritance to a seductive woman (sorry, but this era has no emancipation yet).
Yes, an overseer was frequent. A lot depends on whether the wife was under the authority of her husband, or not (99% yes). Emancipation was so non-existent, that wifes were automatically placed under legal guardianship of their husbands even in the 4th c.
So by default, every asset was under authority of the husband. The wife did not have slaves, the husband owned them, and the wife could use them.
About inheritance: all depends on the time. These frameworks changed with every century, but women had no property, so everything went to the husband.
A LOT depends on time. Please specify, and I can help
As a general rule, expensive gifts were forbidden between spouses. This was to keep dumb men from giving all their inheritance to a seductive woman (sorry, but this era has no emancipation yet).
Yes, an overseer was frequent. A lot depends on whether the wife was under the authority of her husband, or not (99% yes). Emancipation was so non-existent, that wifes were automatically placed under legal guardianship of their husbands even in the 4th c.
So by default, every asset was under authority of the husband. The wife did not have slaves, the husband owned them, and the wife could use them.
About inheritance: all depends on the time. These frameworks changed with every century, but women had no property, so everything went to the husband.
A LOT depends on time. Please specify, and I can help
Mark - Legio Leonum Valentiniani
