{"product_id":"bastards-in-egypt-social-and-legal-illegitimacy-in-the-roman-era-9789042942684","title":"Bastards in Egypt: Social and Legal Illegitimacy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the course of Western history, children born out of wedlock        enjoyed neither the social nor legal standing of marital children. Being        born out of wedlock caused complications in the lives of not only        commoners, but even the elite. The question is whether these attitudes        developed independently or if they had a common root. In branches of law        regulating the relationships within a family, Roman law is the usual        suspect as a kind of ‘ideal law’, which may be understood as a model for        modern practices, not only in the scholarship, but even in judicial        decisions. On the other hand, Christianity is often recognised as        inspiration for model of family in the West. The primary aim of this        book is, therefore, to reconstruct the Roman concept of bastardy and how        that concept evolved between Augustus and Constantine the Great, who        changed the standing of individuals born out of wedlock and shaped legal        definitions of illegitimacy for the centuries to come. Although the        study is focused on Roman Egypt, the conclusions reached in this book        are relevant for the whole of the Roman empire.","brand":"Peeters Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49546343743831,"sku":"9789042942684","price":91.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bastards-in-egypt-social-and-legal-illegitimacy-in-the-roman-era-9789042942684","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}