Inzestverbot und Gesetzgebung : die Konstruktion eines Verbrechens (300-1100) /
From the 6th to 11th centuries, the prohibition of marriage between relatives (incest) often headed the agenda of legislative assemblies and can be seen as a key topic of this age. The reasons for this unique development have occupied ethnologists, sociologists and historians for quite some time. Th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | German |
| Language Notes: | In German. |
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Berlin :
Walter De Gruyter,
©2008.
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| Series: | Millennium-Studien ;
Bd. 20. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | From the 6th to 11th centuries, the prohibition of marriage between relatives (incest) often headed the agenda of legislative assemblies and can be seen as a key topic of this age. The reasons for this unique development have occupied ethnologists, sociologists and historians for quite some time. This book is the first to trace the radical expansion of marriage prohibitions across epochs and advances the thesis that this development came about as a result of the decline of power in Antiquity and the changing functions of legislation. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 591 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-566) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110210682 3110210681 |