Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 11275
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Brand , Charles M.
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  • Title: Slave Women in the Legislation of Alexius I [discussion of two decrees issued in 1095 regarding slaves; the first declares that slaves born of free parents were to be freed, while the second affirms the right of slaves to marriage with the blessing of the church].
  • Source: Byzantinische Forschungen 23, ( 1996): Pages 19 - 24. Revised papers that were originally read at the session entitled "Komnenian Culture" at the Twentieth Annual Byzantine Studies Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, on September 21, 1994
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor Byzantium Law Marriage Slaves
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  • Geographic Area: Eastern Mediterranean
  • Century: 11-12
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  • Year of Publication: 1996.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 01675346