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Brothers, sisters and the rearrangements of property on the Sicilian island of Stromboli in the nineteenth century
2010
This article focuses on property relationships among siblings, especially on sales and exchanges of land, houses and other items, on the small Sicilian island of Stromboli in the Aeolian archipelago during the nineteenth century. Stromboli's economy incorporated farming and seafaring activities. The ‘modular structure’ of houses and wealth was characterised by partible inheritance, with equal inheritance shares or endowments for both sons and daughters, which was permitted under the Civil Code of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Siblings therefore had the possibility of exchanging, assembling and disposing of shares through sales. For this reason sibling relations had a strong impact on the…
El derecho de <em>tenuta</em> como garantía de la restitución dotal en el derecho foral valenciano
2019
The right of «tenuta» arises once the year of mourning —«any de plor»— has elapsed where the heirs to the deceased husband have neither returned the dowry —«exovar»— to the surviving wife nor paid the dotal increase —«creix»—. The widow then obtains possession of the deceased husband's property and is entitled to its usufruct by operation of law. Its purpose is to act as a guarantee, since it aims to secure the return of the «exovar». The «tenuta» ceases when the heirs return the dowry and pay the dotal increase, which means that if they do so immediately after the marriage has ceased, the right does not take effect. The widow may also be deprived of the «tenuta» if she retains it malicious…
Mobilité, droits et citoyenneté des femmes dans l’Italie médiévale et moderne
2016
In medieval and early modern Italy, women were excluded from political citizenship, but they were able to participate in various forms of belonging to a particular place. Geographical mobility affected the legal status of individuals, not only because of the various ways of distinguishing between citizens and foreigners, but also because the provisions of municipal law might differ from one place to another, especially regarding women’s status and rights, for example regarding property and inheritance. This essay illustrates the principal issues relating to women’s citizenship, and examines the reactions of both women and men to the multitude and variety of local statutory laws.
«Favor dotis» e singolari interpretazioni in tema di «ius singulare»
2018
This paper shows that the Roman law of dowry cannot be categorised as ius singulare, as Stagl believes, and that there is no evidence in our sources to support his opinion about the existence of a Gaius’ «didactic system» in law teaching. Even Stagl’s most recent attempt to affirm those ideas is based upon a misinterpretation of the Roman sources and is affected by methodological fallacies.
Derechos de la viuda en la Valencia foral
2001
This article is about the rights of widows over their deceased husbands’ goods. We can not forget that, because of regulations regarding the separation of properties, these women are in a defenceless situation if they lack their own property, having to depend in most cases on their husbands’ testament. The severity of the system has to be alleviated with dowries, in order that when their husbands die women without inheritance could have at least a certain security. They are in a situation of economic vulnerability, especially grave when their husbands die without property. In this case, the widow’s rights are important in order to ameliorate the economic suffering they experience in their j…
La violència física i econòmica contra les dones a la Mallorca del segle XVII : una aproximació
2020
Resum: En aquesta primera aproximació a la Mallorca del segle XVII, es pot veure com les dones patien diferents tipus de violència. Per una banda, la física, que era exercida tant per part de desconeguts com per part dels marits dins de l’entorn conjugal. La fugida de la maltractada era la solució més habitual i, en moltes ocasions, la disputa acaba amb divorci. per altra banda, s’ha documentat l’existència d’una violència que es pot denominar econòmica i que es basa en l’exclusió de la dona de les seves pròpies possessions, cosa que conduïa a llargs litigis per a la restitució dotal o per a reclamar una herència. Generalment, aquesta violència es donava quan les dones quedaven soles i en s…