Panel: WOMEN AND AGENCY IN LATE ANTIQUITY. FROM SEPTUAGINT TO CHRISTIANITY, AND BEYOND: THEORETICAL APPROACHES AND CASE STUDIES



649_2.1 - BETWEEN FAMILY AND STATE: BIBLICAL AND PATRISTIC MOTIFS IN JEAN BODIN

AUTHORS:
Dainese D. (Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna ~ Bologna ~ Italy)
Text:
This paper focuses on certain historical-exegetical features of Jean Bodin's treatment of the family. In particular, it seeks to provide a contextualization of Bodin's patriarchal proposal, highlighting the centrality of specific historical issues related to a legal doctrine of marital consent.