Marriage, Sex and Death : The Family and the Fall of the Roman West Hardback
by Emma Southon
Part of the Social Worlds of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages series
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By the end of the fifth century, with the structural collapse of the Roman Empire in the west, Western Europe had fallen into the so-called Dark Ages.
With the power of Rome removed, the Catholic Church stepped in to fill the void.
Its political rise, alongside that of the Germanic kingdoms, led to dramatic changes in law, politics, power, and culture.
Against the backdrop of that upheaval, the family became a vitally important area of focus for cultural struggles related to morality, law, and tradition.
This book explores those battles in order to demonstrate, through the family, the intersections between Roman and Christian legal culture, thought, and political power.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date:11/05/2017
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- ISBN:9789462980358
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date:11/05/2017
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- ISBN:9789462980358
