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Germanic Women: Mundium and Property, 400-1000
Germanic Women: Mundium and Property, 400-1000
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1900
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Dunn, Kimberlee Harper
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Abstract Many historians would like to discover a time of relative freedom, security and independence for women of the past. The Germanic era, from 400-1000 AD, was a time of stability, and security due to limitations the law placed upon the mundwald and the legal ability of women to possess property. The system of compensations that the Germans initiated in an effort to stop the blood feuds between Germanic families, served as a deterrent to men that might physically or sexually abuse women. The majority of the sources used in this work were the Germanic Codes generally dated from 498-1024 AD. Ancient Roman and Germanic sources provide background information about the individual tribes. Secondary sources provide a contrast to the ideas of this thesis, and information.
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Publisher: University of North Texas ; Source: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5378/ ; Level: Thesis
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Women's rights -- Europe -- History.,
Right of property -- Europe -- History.,
Germanic women,
Medieval law,
mundium,
women's history