首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
It is not often realized that women held a high place in southern European societies in the 10th and 11th centuries. As a wife,
It is not often realized that women held a high place in southern European societies in the 10th and 11th centuries. As a wife,
admin
2018-05-09
20
问题
It is not often realized that women held a high place in southern European societies in the 10th and 11th centuries. As a wife, the woman was protected by the setting up of a dowry (彩礼) or decimum. Admittedly, the purpose of this was to protect her against the risk of desertion, but in reality its function in the social and family life of the time was much more important. The decimum was the wife’s right to receive a tenth of all her husband’s property. The wife had the right to withhold consent, in all transactions the husband would make, and more than just a right: the documents show that she enjoyed a real power of decision equal to that of her husband. In no case did the documents indicate any degree of difference in the legal status of husband and wife.
The wife shared in the management of her husband’s personal property, but the opposite was not always true. Women seemed perfectly prepared to defend their own inheritance against husbands who tried to exceed their rights, and on occasion they showed a fine fighting spirit. A case in point is that of Maria Vivas, a Catalan woman of Barcelona, Having agreed with her husband Miro to sell a field she had inherited for the needs of the household, she insisted on compensation. None being offered, she succeeded in dragging her husband to the scribe (法学家) to have a contract duly drawn up assigning her a piece of land from Miro’s personal inheritance. The unfortunate husband was obliged to agree, as the contract says, "for the sake of peace." Either through the dowry or through being hot-tempered, the Catalan wife knew how to win herself, with the context of the family, a powerful economic position.
A decimum was_____.
选项
A、the wife’s inheritance from her father
B、a gift of money to the new husband
C、a protection of the wife’s right
D、a written contract
答案
C
解析
词义推断题。第1段第2句指出了decimum的作用,即与“彩礼”相当,作为保护妇女的工具。第4句以“The decimum was…”的句式指出其定义,综合这两句,可断定选项C正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Bh47777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
SomeyearsagoIwasofferedawritingassignmentthatwouldrequirethreemonthsoftravelthroughEurope.Ihadbeenabroada
It’snosecretthatmanychildrenwouldbehealthierandhappierwithadoptiveparentsthanwiththeparentsthatnaturedealtt
Accordingtoasurvey,whichwasbasedontheresponsesofover188,000students,today’straditional-agecollegefreshmenare"
It’sveryinterestingtonotewherethedebateaboutdiversity(多样化)istakingplace.Itistakingplaceprimarilyinpolitical
Sleepisveryancient.Intheelectroencephalographic(脑电图仪的)senseweshareitwithalltheprimates(灵长类动物)andalmostallthe
ItisnotoftenrealizedthatwomenheldahighplaceinsouthernEuropeansocietiesinthe10thand11thcenturies.Asawife,
Nearly5,000peoplebelowtheageof21diebecauseofexcessivealcoholconsumptioneachyear.Oddly,thishastriggeredanew
ANiceCupofTeaTheLegendaryOriginsofTeaA)ThestoryofteabeganinancientChinaover5,000yearsago.Accordingto
ANiceCupofTeaTheLegendaryOriginsofTeaA)ThestoryofteabeganinancientChinaover5,000yearsago.Accordingto
Searchingforloveisnolongerjustafavoritesubjectforsongs.Ithasalsobecomeahugeindustry.Expertssaythatthe
随机试题
设cmd=who,以下4个命令中,执行结果与其他不同的是_______。
A.珠蛋白合成障碍B.血红素合成障碍C.DNA合成障碍D.铁利用障碍E.干细胞造血障碍缺铁性贫血是
脾虚证,采用“补母泻子法”,本经、他经分别应取()。
在计算会计政策变更的累积影响数时,其中“计算差异的所得税影响金额”是指如果采用应付税款法时,应调整“应交税费”科目,在采用纳税影响会计法时,应调整“递延税款”科目。()
阅读以下文章,回答问题:地震发生时,最基本的现象是地面的连续振动,主要是明显的晃动。极震区的人在感到大的晃动之前,有时首先感到上下跳动。这是因为地震波从地内向地面传来,纵波首先到达的缘故。横波接着产生大振幅的水平方向的晃动,是造成地震灾害的主要原因。
患者,男性,38岁。被人用刀划伤左面部,流血不止。检查见左耳前区皮肤有长约6cm的纵行伤口,深达肌肉前层,创缘整齐,有活动性出血。此患者最确切的诊断是()。
设函数μ=f(x,y)具有二阶连续偏导数,且满足等式=0,确定a,b的值,使等式通过变换ξ=x+ay,η=x+by可化简为=0。
Describeachildyoulike.Youshouldsay:whothischildiswhatyourrelationshipwiththischildiswhathe/sheislikeande
Formany,thepursuitofhappinessisalsothepursuitofprosperity.PartoftheAmericandreamistheabilitytoprovide【M1】__
Themajorcauseof"forgetting"isfailuretolearnthematerial【B1】______inthefirstplace.However,weforgetata【B2】______r
最新回复
(
0
)