Las Siete Partidas, Volume 4 : : Family, Commerce, and the Sea: The Worlds of Women and Merchants (Partidas IV and V) / / ed. by Robert I. Burns, S.J.

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• HerausgeberIn: S.J., Robert I. Burns,,
• TeilnehmendeR: Scott, Samuel Parsons.
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: The Middle Ages Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)

Las Siete Partidas, or Seven Divisions, is the major law code of thirteenth-century Spain, compiled by Alfonso X the Learned of Castile. Seven centuries later, this compendium of legal and customary information remains the foundation of modern Spanish law. In addition, its influence is notable in the law of Spain's former colonies, including Texas, California, and Louisiana. The work's extraordinary scope offers unparalleled insight into the social, intellectual, and cultural history of medieval Spain. Built on the armature of a law code, it is in effect an encyclopedia of medieval life.Long out of print, the English translation of Las Siete Partidas-first commissioned in 1931 by the American Bar Association-returns in a superior new edition. Editor and distinguished medieval historian Robert I. Burns, S.J., provides critical historical material in a new general Introduction and extensive introductions to each Partida. Jerry Craddock of the University of California, Berkeley, provides updated bibliographical notes, and Joseph O'Callaghan of Fordham University contributes a section on law in Alfonso's time.Las Siete Partidas is presented in five volumes, each available separately:The Medieval Church, Volume 1: The World of Clerics and Laymen (Partida I)Medieval Government, Volume 2: The World of Kings and Warriors (Partida II)The Medieval World of Law, Volume 3: Lawyers and Their Work (Partida III)Family, Commerce, and the Sea, Volume 4: The Worlds of Women and Merchants (Partidas IV and V)Underworlds, Volume 5: The Dead, the Criminal, and the Marginalized (Partidas VI and VII)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction to the Fourth Partida -- Introduction to the Fifth Partida -- Analytical Table of Contents -- Here Begins the Fourth Partida which Treats of Betrothals and Marriages -- Title I. Concerning Betrothals -- Title II. Which Treats of Marriages -- TITLE III. Concerning Betrothals and Marriages Which Take Place in Secret -- TITLE IV. Concerning the Conditions Imposed by Men in Betrothals and Marriages -- TITLE V. Concerning the Marriages of Slaves -- TITLE VI. Concerning Relationship and Affinity, Through Which Impediments to Marriage Arise -- TITLE VII. Concerning the Offices of Godfather, and of Father by Adoption, Through Which Impediments to Marriage Arise -- TITLE VIII. Concerning Men Who Cannot Cohabit With Women, or the Latter With Them, on Account of Impediments Which Exist in Them -- TITLE IX. Concerning Accusations Made to Prevent or Annul Marriage -- LAW XII. What a Petition Is, How It Should Be Drawn When a Person Simply Impugns a Marriage for the Purpose of Having it Annulled on Account of Adultery -- TITLE X. Concerning the Annulment of Marriages -- TITLE XI. Concerning Dowries, Donations, and Marriage Gifts -- TITLE XII. Concerning Those Who Marry Again, After the Dissolution of the First Marriage -- Title XIII. Concerning Legimate Children -- TITLE XIV. Concerning Other Women Whom Men Keep, and to Whom They Are Not Married -- TITLE XV. Concerning Children Who Are Not Legitimate -- TITLE XVI. Concerning Adopted Children -- TITLE XVII. Concerning the Authority, of Every Description Whatever, Which Fathers Have Over Their Children -- TITLE XVIII The Reasons Why Parents May Be Deprived of the Authority Which They Have Over Their Children -- TITLE XIX. How Parents Should Bring a p Their Children, and How Children Should Have Consideration for Their Parents Whenever It Is Necessary -- TITLE XX. Concerning Persons Whom a Man Brings Up in His House Though They Are Not His Children -- TITLE XXI. Concerning Slaves -- TITLE XXII. Concerning Liberty -- TITLE XXIII. Concerning the Status of Man -- TITLE XXIV. Concerning the Obligation Existing Between Men and Their Lords by Reason of Natural Relationship -- TITLE XXVI. Concerning Fiefs -- TITLE XXVII. Concerning the Mutual Obligation Existing Between Men, by Reason of Friendship -- Here Begins the Fifth Partida of this Book -- TITLE I. Which Treats of Loans -- TITLE II. Concerning the Loan Called in Latin Commodatum -- TITLE III. Concerning Deposits, Called, in Latin, Depositum -- TITLE IV. Concerning Gifts -- TITLE V. Concerning Purchases and Sales -- TITLE VI. Concerning Exchanges Made by Men with One Another and What an Exchange Is -- TITLE VII. Concerning Merchants, Fairs, and Markets, and the Taxes and Tolls Which Must Be Paid on Account of Them -- TITLE VIII. Concerning Wages and Rents -- TITLE IX. Concerning Ships and the Salvage of the Same -- TITLE X. Concerning Partnerships Made by Merchants and Other Men with One Another for the Purpose of More Easily Securing Profit by Uniting Their Capital -- TITLE XI. Concerning Promises and Agreements Made by Men With One Another, With a View to the Performance of Certain Acts, or to Observe and Comply With Certain Matters -- TITLE XII. Concerning Suretyship Which Men Give One Another in Order That the Promises and Other Contracts and Agreements Which They Enter Into May Be Better Fulfilled -- TITLE XIV. Concerning Payments and Releases Called, in Latin, Compensatio, and Debts Paid to Those to Whom They Are Not Owing -- TITLE XV. How Debtors Can Surrender Their Property When They Are Unable to Pay What They Owe, and How Transfers Maliciously Made by Debtors of Their Property Can Be Set Aside