MARRIAGE WITH COMMONERS: FICTION OR REALITY IN THE LABYRINTH BETWEEN LAW, LEGAL NORMS, AND CUSTOM
MARRIAGE WITH COMMONERS: FICTION OR REALITY IN THE LABYRINTH BETWEEN LAW, LEGAL NORMS, AND CUSTOM

Summary/Abstract: Concubinage or marriage — which one was more commonly practiced between patricians and plebeians after such unions were initially prohibited by the Law of the Twelve Tables, and later permitted under the Lex Canuleia? Furthermore, even when class distinctions were no longer legally enforced in Europe, did they still pose barriers to such unions in practice? Is it possible that the stories of Cinderella or Stojanka in the play Chorbadzhi Teodos were not merely fictional narratives, but reflections of real social phenomena?

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