Patrick C. Power (1862–1951)
Autore di Sex and Marriage in Ancient Ireland
Sull'Autore
Opere di Patrick C. Power
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Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1862
- Data di morte
- 1951
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Ireland
- Luogo di nascita
- Callaghane, Co Waterford
- Luogo di residenza
- Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Australia
Dublin, Ireland
Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Australia
Cork, County Cork, Ireland - Istruzione
- Catholic University School
St John’s College, Waterford - Attività lavorative
- Priest
historian
school inspector
Professor of Archaeology at University College Cork - Organizzazioni
- Royal Irish Academy
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 26
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 185
- Popolarità
- #117,260
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 19
Historians should be as wary of wishful thinking as they are of superimposing modern values onto ancient times, just as they should be aware that there is a difference between ideology and practice. That said, there can be no doubt that ancient Ireland possessed a far more egalitarian legal system, as it concerned women, than any other European culture of the time. Sex and Marriage in Ancient Ireland delves into issues such as property, divorce, and spousal abuse, and the modern reader might be somewhat surprised at the ways these issues were handled.
I found Power's small book quite informative, so far as it went, but finished it with the conviction that I would need to find a work that provided a much fuller account of women in ancient Irish society. And, as always, I cannot help but wish that there were a comprehensive history of the Brehon Laws available for the reader who is not a legal specialist.… (altro)