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A More Ancient Household Goods Rule

posted by Bob Lawless

Courtesy of Jack Ayer, professor emeritus of law and polymathy, comes the following from the Wikipedia entry on Modigliani -- Amedeo, not Franco:

Modigliani was the fourth child, whose birth coincided with the disastrous financial collapse of his father's business interests. Amedeo's birth saved the family from ruin; according to an ancient law, creditors could not seize the bed of a pregnant woman or a mother with a newborn child. The bailiffs entered the family's home just as Eugenia went into labour; the family protected their most valuable assets by piling them on top of her.

It's on Wikipedia, so who is to dispute it?

November 1, 2014 at 12:46 PM in Comparative & Int'l Perspectives, Historical Perspectives

Comments

Does polymathy mean I speak truthy?

Posted by: Jda | November 01, 2014 at 02:13 PM

Should it not be 'piling her on top of of their most valuable assets' rather than 'piling most valuables on top of her'?

Posted by: Sampath kumar | November 05, 2014 at 04:00 AM

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