Die ‚patria potestas‘ in Boccaccios ‚Decameron‘

Abstract The power of fathers over their children – especially over their daughters – is a central theme of Boccaccio’s ‘Decameron’. Novella V,7 situates the ‘patria potestas’ in a tension-filled position between honour and law, vigilante justice and public prosecution. The legitimation of cruelty a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Das Mittelalter. - De Gruyter Akademie Forschung, 1996. - 25(2020), 1 vom: 03. Juni, Seite 66-82
1. Verfasser:	Doering, Pia Claudia (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Aufsatz
Veröffentlicht:	2020
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	Das Mittelalter

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Zusammenfassung:	Abstract The power of fathers over their children – especially over their daughters – is a central theme of Boccaccio’s ‘Decameron’. Novella V,7 situates the ‘patria potestas’ in a tension-filled position between honour and law, vigilante justice and public prosecution. The legitimation of cruelty and violence by invoking the ‘patria potestas’ is questioned through the confrontation with poetic justice.
Beschreibung:	© 2020 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
ISSN:	0949-0345
DOI:	10.1515/mial-2020-0006