首页
登录
职称英语
Medievalists usually distinguish medieval public law from private law: the f
Medievalists usually distinguish medieval public law from private law: the f
游客
2025-04-08
30
管理
问题
Medievalists usually distinguish medieval public law from private law: the former was concerned with government and military affairs and the latter with the family, social status, and land transactions. Examination on medieval women’s lives shows this distinction to be overly simplistic. Although medieval women were legally excluded from roles that categorized as public, such as solider, justice, jury member, or professional administrative official, women’s control of land—usually considered a private or domestic phenomenon—had important political implications in the feudal system of thirteenth-century England. Since land equaled wealth and wealth equaled power, certain women exercised influence by controlling land. Unlike unmarried women who were legally subject to their guardians or married women who had no legal identity separate from their husbands, women who were widows had autonomy with respect to acquiring or disposing of certain property, suing in court, incurring liability for their own debts, and making wills.
Although feudal lands were normally transferred through primogeniture(the eldest son inheriting all), when no sons survived, the surviving daughters inherited equal shares under what was known as partible inheritance. In addition to controlling any such land inherited from her parents and any bridal dowry—property a woman brought to the marriage from her own family—a widow was entitled to use of one-third of her late husband’s lands. Called "dower" in England, this grant had greater legal importance under common law than did the bridal dowry; no marriage was legal unless the groom endowed the bride with this property at the wedding ceremony. In 1215 Magna Carta(The charter of English political and civil liberties granted by King John at Runnymede in June 1215)guaranteed a widow’s right to claim her dower without paying a fine; this document also strengthened widow’s ability to control land by prohibiting forced remarriage. After 1272 women could also benefit from jointure: the groom could agree to hold part or all of his lands jointly with the bride, so that if one spouse died, the other received these lands.
Since many widows had inheritances as well as dowers, widows were frequently the financial heads of the family; even though legal theory assumed the maintenance of the principle of primogeniture, the amount of land the widow controlled could exceed that of her son or of other male heirs. Anyone who held feudal land exercised authority over the people attached to the land—knights, rental tenants, and peasants—and had to hire estate administrators, oversee accounts, receive rents, protect tenants from outside encroachment, punish tenants for not paying rents, appoint priests to local parishes, and act as guardians of tenants’ children and executors of their wills. Many married women fulfilled these duties as deputies for husbands away at court or at war, but widows could act on their own behalf. Widow’s legal independence is suggested by their frequent appearance in thirteenth-century English legal records. Moreover, the scope of their sway(3. a: a controlling influence b: sovereign power: DOMINION c: the ability to exercise influence or authority: DOMINANCE; synonyms see POWER.)is indicated by the fact that some controlled not merely single estates, but multiple counties. [br] The primary purpose of the passage is to______.
选项
A、explain a legal controversy of the past in light of modern theory
B、evaluate the economic and legal status of a particular historical group
C、resolve a scholarly debate about legal history
D、trace the historical origins of a modern economic situation
答案
B
解析
主旨目的题。本文讨论的话题背景时期为thirteenth—century England,与选项B中的a particularhistorical group对应;原文首段第四句提到那段特定历史时期是land equaled wealth and wealthequaled power与选项B中的the economic and legal status对应。故答案为B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/4032440.html
相关试题推荐
Althoughthegovernmentstillenjoysahighlevelofpublicsupport,thecrimep
Thepolicehaveaskedforthe_____ofthepublicintracingthewhereaboutsofth
Thisdistinguisheddirector_____theplotfortheprizewinningfilmwhilehewas
Itisnotconsidered_____topickone’steethinpublic.A、respectfulB、respected
CrossingWesleyanUniversity’scampususuallyrequireswalkingovercolorful
CrossingWesleyanUniversity’scampususuallyrequireswalkingovercolorful
CrossingWesleyanUniversity’scampususuallyrequireswalkingovercolorful
CrossingWesleyanUniversity’scampususuallyrequireswalkingovercolorful
With_____exceptions,theformerpresidentdoesnotappearinpublicnow.A、rareB、
Whenmostpeoplethinkaboutchangingtheirbodyshape,theyusuallyfocuson
随机试题
Shehasn’tmadeuphermind______(关于她将提名谁做她的候选人).aboutwhomshewillnominate
中国杂技(acrobatics)拥有超过3000年的历史,被誉为“东方艺术明珠”。观看中国杂技表演时.你会被深深地吸引,全神贯注、目不转睛。随着世界经济
[originaltext]DreamtimeTourshavejustthetourforyou.TheoneIhavech
Thegreatleadersoftheworldhavealways______theirprinciples.A、stoodupto
检测HBsAg最常用的方法()。A.凝集试验 B.酶联免疫吸附试验 C.荧
地震震级分为9级,能造成破坏的地震震级包括( )。A:2级 B:3级 C:
下列公式错误的是()。A.吸收直接投资的资本成本=年固定分红额/[吸收直接投资
①在某个场景中,你有没有碰到过突然萌生的奇怪感觉:这事曾经发生过,我曾经到这里,
我国银行业监管的目标是促进银行业合法、稳健运行和()。A.维护金融体系的安全和稳
一般资料:求助者,女,46岁,职员。 案例介绍:求助者的儿子在市重点中学读书,
最新回复
(
0
)