the band sang i shall be released.
the band sang i shall be released.
who sang i shall be released the band?
the band
bullet::::- assyria (code of the assura): some of the laws of the code were: "if a woman, whether the wife of a man or the daughter of a man, utter vulgarity or indulge in low talk, that woman bears her own sin; against her husband, her sons, or her daughter they shall have no claim", "if a woman bring her hand against a man, they shall prosecute her; 30 manas of lead shall she pay, 20 blows shall they inflict on her", "if a woman in a quarrel injure the testicle of a man, one of her fingers they shall cut off. and if a physician bind it up and the other testicle which is beside it be infected thereby, or take harm; or in a quarrel she injure the other testicle, they shall destroy both of her eyes", "if a man bring his hand against the wife of a man, treating her like a little child, and they prove it against him, and convict him, one of his fingers they shall cut off. if he kiss her, his lower lip with the blade of an axe they shall draw down and they shall cut off", "if the wife of a man be walking on the highway, and a man seize her, say to her 'i will surely have intercourse with you,' if she be not willing and defend herself, and he seize her by force and rape her, whether they catch him upon the wife of a man, or whether at the word of the woman whom he has raped, the elders shall prosecute him, they shall put him to death. there is no punishment for the woman", "if the wife of a man go out from her house and visit a man where he lives, and he have intercourse with her, knowing that she is a man's wife, the man and also the woman they shall put to death", "if a man have intercourse with the wife of a man either in an inn or on the highway, knowing that she is a man's wife, according as the man, whose wife she is, orders to be done, they shall do to the adulterer. if not knowing that she is a man's wife he rapes her, the adulterer goes free. the man shall prosecute his wife, doing to her as he likes", "if a man catch a man with his wife, both of them shall they put to death. if the husband of the woman put his wife to death, he shall also put the man to death. if he cut off the nose of his wife, he shall turn the man into a eunuch, and they shall disfigure the whole of his face", "if a man have relations with the wife of a man at her wish, there is no penalty for that man. the man shall lay upon the woman, his wife, the penalty he wishes", "if a man say to his companion, 'they have had intercourse with thy wife; i will prove it,' and he be not able to prove it, and do not prove it, on that man they shall inflict forty blows, a month of days he shall perform the king's work, they shall mutilate him, and one talent of lead he shall pay", "if a man strike the daughter of a man and cause her to drop what is in her, they shall prosecute him, they shall convict him, two talents and thirty manas of lead shall he pay, fifty blows they shall inflict on him, one month shall he toil", "if a woman be dwelling in the house of her father, and her husband have died, any gift which her husband settled upon her—if there be any sons of her husband's, they shall receive it. if there be no sons of her husband's she receives it", "if a woman be dwelling in the house of father, but has been given to her husband, whether she has been taken to the house of her husband or not, all debts, misdemeanors, and crimes of her husband shall she bear as if she too committed them. likewise if she be dwelling with her husband, all crimes of his shall she bear as well", "if a woman, who is a widow, enter into the house of a man, whatsoever she brings with her—all is her husband's. but if a man enter in to a woman, whatsoever he brings—all is the woman's", "if a man divorce his wife, if he wish, he may give her something; if he does not wish, he need not give her anything. empty shall she go out", "if the wives of a man, or the daughters of a man go out into the street, their heads are to be veiled. the prostitute is not to be veiled. maidservants are not to veil themselves. veiled harlots and maidservants shall have their garments seized and 50 blows inflicted on them and bitumen poured on their heads", "if a woman whose husband is dead on the death of her husband do not go out from her house, if her husband did not leave her anything, she shall dwell in the house of one of her sons. the sons of her husband shall support her; her food and her drink, as for a fiancee whom they are courting, they shall agree to provide for her. if she be a second wife, and have no sons of her own, with one of her husband's sons she shall dwell and the group shall support her. if she have sons of her own, her own sons shall support her, and she shall do their work. but if there be one among the sons of her husband who marries her, the other sons need not support her", "if a man strike the wife of a man, in her first stage of pregnancy, and cause her to drop that which is in her, it is a crime; two talents of lead he shall pay", "if a man strike a harlot and cause her to drop that which is in her, blows for blows they shall lay upon him; he shall make restitution for a life", "if a woman of her own accord drop that which is in her, they shall prosecute her, they shall convict her, they shall crucify her, they shall not bury her. if she die from dropping that which is in her, they shall crucify her, they shall not bury her", "if a virgin of her own accord give herself to a man, the man shall take oath, against his wife they shall not draw nigh. threefold the price of a virgin the ravisher shall pay. the father shall do with his daughter what he pleases", and "unless it is forbidden in the tablets, a man may strike his wife, pull her hair, her ear he may bruise or pierce. he commits no misdeed thereby."
timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) before the 19th century
this is the agreement which was inade at windsor in the octaves of michaelmas [october 6] in the year of our lord 1175, between henry, king of england, and roderic [rory], king of connaught, by catholicus, archbishop of tuam, cantordis, abbot of clonfert, and master laurence, chancellor of the king of connaught, namely : the king of england has granted to roderic [rory], his liegeman, king of connacht, as long as he shall faithfully serve him, that he shall be king under him, ready to his service, as his man. and he shall hold his land as fully and as peacefully as he held it before the lord king entered ireland, rendering him tribute. and that he shall have all the rest of the land and its inhabitants under him and shall bring them to account [justiciet eos ], so that they shall pay their full tribute to the king of england through him, and so that they shall maintain their rights. and those who are now in possession of their lands and rights shall hold them in peace as long as they remain in the fealty of the king of england, and continue to pay him faithfully and fully his tribute and the other rights which they owe to him, by the hand of the king of connaught, saving in all things the right and lronour of the king of england and of roderic. and if any of them shall be rebels to the king of england and to roderic and shall refuse to pay the tribute and other rights of the king of england by his hand, and shall withdraw from the fealty of the king of england, he, roderic, shall judge them and remove them. and if he cannot answer for them by himself, the constable of the king of england in that land [ireland] shall, when called upon by him, aid him to do what is necessary. and for this agreement the said king of connaught shall render to the king of england tribute every year, namely, out of every ten animals slaughtered, one hide, acceptable to the merchants both in his land as in the rest ; save that he shall not meddle with those lands which the lord king has retained in his lordship and in the lordship of his bat:ons; ~at is to say, dublin with all its appurtenances; meath with all 1ts appurtenances, even as murchat ua mailethlachlin [murchadh 0' melaghlin] held it fully and freely [melius et plenius] or as others held it of him; wexford with all its appurtenances, that is to say, the whole of leinster; and waterford with its whole territory from waterford to dungarvan, including dungarvan with all its appurtenances. and if the irish who have fled wish to return to the land of the barons of the king of england they may do so in peace, j?aying the said tribute as others pay it, or doing to the english the servtces which they were wont to do for their lands, which shall be decided by the judgment and will of their lords. and if any of them are unwilling to return and their lords have called upon the king of connaught, he shall compel them to return to their land, so that they shall dwell there in peace. and the king of connaught shall accept hostages from all whom the lord king of england has committed to him, and he shall himself give hostages at the will of the king. the witnesses are robert, bishop of winchester ; geoffrey, bishop of ely ; laurence, archbishop of dublin ; geoffrey nic~olas and roger, the king's chaplains ; william, earl of essex ; richard de luci ; geoffrey de portico, and reginald de courtenea.
treaty of windsor (1175)