Son of two fathers? Trajan and the adoption of emperorship in the Roman Empire

Hekster, Olivier

doi:10.1080/1081602x.2014.915865

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“…Moreover, in some cases adoption could be used as a way to form family alliances. 1 It should be noted that in Europe too, often in association with the Roman conception of property, adoption plays an important role to perpetuate assets and power in the family network (Hekster 2014;Lindsay 2009). 2 This section of the literature review does not covers research studying Taiwan.…”

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Causes of child adoption in Taiwan, 1906-1945

Riswick¹,

Lin²

2022

Annales De Démographie Historique

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Adoption has been an important historical Eastern Asian family strategy to ensure family continuity.Adopting children out of the household can, however, also be seen as a strategy for dealing with excess children. This topic is the focus of our article, which investigates who was given away for adoption and why in Taiwan during the period 1906-1940. The Taiwan Historical Household Register Database (THHRD), which can take changing household composition over time into account, is analysed using univariate and Cox proportional-hazard analyses. Results demonstrate that gender, birth position among siblings of the same sex, and variation across place and time are the most important factors explaining the likelihood of being adopted for all children. Socio-economic position also played an important role and the presence of a grandfather and grandmother lowered the likelihood of being adopted especially for boys, while only the presence of a grandmother had the same effect for girls. Moreover, when looking more specifically at adoption risks for girls, the age, gender and adoption status of siblings in the household seem to matter as well, as similarly aged young siblings of either sex increased the likelihood of being adopted for girls. These findings underscore that household decision making regarding adoption is more complex than simply giving away later-born children and that it is important to also pay more attention to the reasons and motivation of households in giving away children for adoption. It provides a broader perspective on adoption practices and how children were circulated from households with too many to those with too few and how this benefitted both kinds.

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Causes of child adoption in Taiwan, 1906-1945

Riswick¹,

Lin²

2022

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“…It should be noted that in Europe too, often in association with the Roman conception of property, adoption plays an important role to perpetuate assets and power in the family network(Hekster 2014;Lindsay 2009). 2 This section of the literature review does not covers research studying Taiwan.…”

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Causes of Child Adoption in Taiwan, 1906-1940: The Importance of Gender, Household Composition and Variation over Time and Place

Riswick¹,

Lin²

2019

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Adoption has been an important historical Eastern Asian family strategy to ensure family continuity. Adopting children out of the household can, however, also be seen as a strategy for dealing with excess children. This topic is the focus of our article, which investigates who was given away for adoption and why in Taiwan during the period 1906-1940. The Taiwan Historical Household Register Database (THHRD), which can take changing household composition over time into account, is analysed using univariate and Cox proportional-hazard analyses. Results demonstrate that gender, birth position among siblings of the same sex, and variation across place and time are the most important factors explaining the likelihood of being adopted for all children. Socio-economic position also played an important role and the presence of a grandfather and grandmother lowered the likelihood of being adopted especially for boys, while only the presence of a grandmother had the same effect for girls. Moreover, when looking more specifically at adoption risks for girls, the age, gender and adoption status of siblings in the household seem to matter as well, as similarly aged young siblings of either sex increased the likelihood of being adopted for girls. These findings underscore that household decision making regarding adoption is more complex than simply giving away later-born children and that it is important to also pay more attention to the reasons and motivation of households in giving away children for adoption. It provides a broader perspective on adoption practices and how children were circulated from households with too many to those with too few and how this benefitted both kinds.

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Cesarze rzymscy i ich antenaci – numizmatyczna saga Olivier Hekster, Emperors and Ancestors. Roman Rulers and the Constraints of Tradition, Oxford 2015

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Cesarze rzymscy i ich antenaci-numizmatyczna saga Oliviera Hekstera Emperors and ancestors. Roman rulers and the constraints of tradition, Oxford 2015, ss. 395 Roman emperors and their ancestors-a numismatic saga Olivier Hekster, Emperors and ancestors. Roman rulers and the constraints of tradition, Oxford 2015, p. 395 Streszczenie: Artykuł jest komentarzem do studium Oliviera Hekstera Emperors and ancestors. Roman rulers and the constraints of tradition (2015), kóre jest poświęcone aspektom polityki sukcesyjnej i ideologii dynastycznej cesarzy rzymskich. Wychodząc od sformułowania autora, że numizmaty stanowią jedno z ważniejszych źródeł do studiowania tych zagadnień, w artykule krótko odniesiono się do trzech kwestii: tradycji ikonograficznej w mennictwie i tworzenia nowych wyobrażeń, zmienności chronologicznej

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Son of two fathers? Trajan and the adoption of emperorship in the Roman Empire

Cited by 3 publications

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Causes of child adoption in Taiwan, 1906-1945

Causes of child adoption in Taiwan, 1906-1945

Causes of Child Adoption in Taiwan, 1906-1940: The Importance of Gender, Household Composition and Variation over Time and Place

Cesarze rzymscy i ich antenaci – numizmatyczna saga Olivier Hekster, Emperors and Ancestors. Roman Rulers and the Constraints of Tradition, Oxford 2015

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