Women and Law in Late Antiquity - Arjava, Antti (Lecturer in the Department of Classics, Lecturer in the Department of Classics, University of Helsinki)

This is the first comprehensive account of women's legal and social positions in the west from classical antiquity right through to the early middle ages. The main focus of the book is on the late antique period, with constant reference to classical Roman law and the lives of women in the early empire.