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The Godlike Nature Of Social Status

The Godlike Nature of Social Status : A comparison of Women’s Property Control in the Classical Period of the Roman Empire and Quattrocentro Florence

Both the society of the Classical period of the Roman Empire and that of Quattrocentro period of Florence were highly obsessed with status. A person’s worth was determined was determined by their social standing. The laws of both periods highly reflect this intense obsession. As Roman law was revived in the eleventh century [?] and used throughout Italy, it is logical that the laws of Quattrocentro would reflect the importance of status as legislated in Classical Roman law. However, the local laws of Florence raised the bar and indicated that the determining factors of status had shifted slightly. While wealth was always a great determining factor in one social worth from the time of Classical Roman law, in Quattrocentro Florence one’s monetary situation became even more important and the laws of the period reflect a......


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