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Chapter 21. Notes on women and the law in the novel  Los amores de Clareo y Florisea by Alonso Núñez de Reinoso

  • Regina Polo Martín
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The Reality of Women in the Universe of the Ancient Novel
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Abstract

This paper analyses some of the aspects relating to women and the law in the first Byzantine novel published in Spain in 1552, Los amores de Clareo y Florisea y los trabajos de la sin ventura Isea, written by Alonso Núñez de Reinoso, the first nineteen chapters of which were inspired by the Greek novel written by Achilles Tatius, Leucippe and Clitophon. In particular, it studies the female models embodied in the novel and in addition, some of the legal realia found in the work, such as matrimony, adultery and the presumed death of an absent spouse, all of which are legal precepts that determine the destiny of the two main characters, together with an analysis of whether Reinoso’s novel contains any reference to Castilian regulatory laws of the time, regarding these legal issues.

Abstract

This paper analyses some of the aspects relating to women and the law in the first Byzantine novel published in Spain in 1552, Los amores de Clareo y Florisea y los trabajos de la sin ventura Isea, written by Alonso Núñez de Reinoso, the first nineteen chapters of which were inspired by the Greek novel written by Achilles Tatius, Leucippe and Clitophon. In particular, it studies the female models embodied in the novel and in addition, some of the legal realia found in the work, such as matrimony, adultery and the presumed death of an absent spouse, all of which are legal precepts that determine the destiny of the two main characters, together with an analysis of whether Reinoso’s novel contains any reference to Castilian regulatory laws of the time, regarding these legal issues.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface ix
  4. Chapter 1. Frauen in Wirtschaft und Politik der griechisch-römischen Antike 1
  5. Chapter 2. Lo status giuridico della donna nel diritto romano della tarda Repubblica e del Principato (II secolo a.C. – inizi del III secolo d.C.) 16
  6. Chapter 3. Curare le donne nell’Egitto greco-romano 42
  7. Chapter 4. Realidad de la institución matrimonial en la ficción de las novelas grecolatinas 54
  8. Chapter 5. La expositio en Dafnis y Cloe 84
  9. Chapter 6. Consent in Greek and Roman marriage 99
  10. Chapter 7. Legal reality or storytelling? 107
  11. Chapter 8. Warrior women 127
  12. Chapter 9. Egyptian feminine anthroponyms in ancient Greek novels? 149
  13. Chapter 10. Narrative aspects of Callirhoe’s tomb 159
  14. Chapter 11. The home life of a heroine 173
  15. Chapter 12. Chloe as learning subject in Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe 181
  16. Chapter 13. Achilles Tatius’ Leucippe as a puella docta 197
  17. Chapter 14. Le collane di Charicleia 206
  18. Chapter 15. The reality of women in ancient popular literature 230
  19. Chapter 16. Kidnapping in the ancient novels 244
  20. Chapter 17. Tarsia nel lupanare 260
  21. Chapter 18. Plotting Plotina? The reception of an empress in Roman provincial prose (fiction) 277
  22. Chapter 19. Algunos aspectos de la mujer en la hagiografía bizantina 297
  23. Chapter 20. De opere illicito 329
  24. Chapter 21. Notes on women and the law in the novel  Los amores de Clareo y Florisea by Alonso Núñez de Reinoso 343
  25. Chapter 22. La ordalía en el judaísmo y Derecho rabínico 359
  26. Chapter 23. Semejanzas y diferencias entre las heroínas de la novela griega antigua y en la tradición sánscrita del Ramayana 374
  27. Chapter 24. Queens, heroines and slaves 382
  28. Chapter 25. “Parthian” women in Vīs and Rāmīn 396
  29. Chapter 26. Configuración neurocognitiva del ideal amoroso y castidad en las protagonistas de la novela griega 407
  30. Index locorum 416
  31. Abbreviations 447
  32. Contributors 448
https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.40.21pol

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface ix
  4. Chapter 1. Frauen in Wirtschaft und Politik der griechisch-römischen Antike 1
  5. Chapter 2. Lo status giuridico della donna nel diritto romano della tarda Repubblica e del Principato (II secolo a.C. – inizi del III secolo d.C.) 16
  6. Chapter 3. Curare le donne nell’Egitto greco-romano 42
  7. Chapter 4. Realidad de la institución matrimonial en la ficción de las novelas grecolatinas 54
  8. Chapter 5. La expositio en Dafnis y Cloe 84
  9. Chapter 6. Consent in Greek and Roman marriage 99
  10. Chapter 7. Legal reality or storytelling? 107
  11. Chapter 8. Warrior women 127
  12. Chapter 9. Egyptian feminine anthroponyms in ancient Greek novels? 149
  13. Chapter 10. Narrative aspects of Callirhoe’s tomb 159
  14. Chapter 11. The home life of a heroine 173
  15. Chapter 12. Chloe as learning subject in Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe 181
  16. Chapter 13. Achilles Tatius’ Leucippe as a puella docta 197
  17. Chapter 14. Le collane di Charicleia 206
  18. Chapter 15. The reality of women in ancient popular literature 230
  19. Chapter 16. Kidnapping in the ancient novels 244
  20. Chapter 17. Tarsia nel lupanare 260
  21. Chapter 18. Plotting Plotina? The reception of an empress in Roman provincial prose (fiction) 277
  22. Chapter 19. Algunos aspectos de la mujer en la hagiografía bizantina 297
  23. Chapter 20. De opere illicito 329
  24. Chapter 21. Notes on women and the law in the novel  Los amores de Clareo y Florisea by Alonso Núñez de Reinoso 343
  25. Chapter 22. La ordalía en el judaísmo y Derecho rabínico 359
  26. Chapter 23. Semejanzas y diferencias entre las heroínas de la novela griega antigua y en la tradición sánscrita del Ramayana 374
  27. Chapter 24. Queens, heroines and slaves 382
  28. Chapter 25. “Parthian” women in Vīs and Rāmīn 396
  29. Chapter 26. Configuración neurocognitiva del ideal amoroso y castidad en las protagonistas de la novela griega 407
  30. Index locorum 416
  31. Abbreviations 447
  32. Contributors 448
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