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1 online resource (xv, 324 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-307) and index. |
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The sixteen papers in this volume investigate the links between law and society during Late Antiquity (260-640 CE). On the one hand, they consider how social changes such as the barbarian settlement and the rise of the Christian church resulted in the creation of new sources of legal authority, such as local and 'vulgar' law, barbarian law codes, and canon law. On the other, they investigate the interrelationship between legal innovations and social change, for the very process of creating new law and new authority either resulted from or caused changes in the society in which it occurred. The studies in this volume discuss interactions between legal theory and practice, the Greek east and the Roman west, secular and ecclesiastical, Roman and barbarian, male and female, and Christian and non-Christian (including pagans, Jews, and Zoroastrians). |
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Law -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses.
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Law. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
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To 1500 |
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Law -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses.
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Middle East. |
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Roman law -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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Roman law. |
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Social aspects. |
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Europe -- History -- 392-814 -- Congresses.
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Chronological Term |
392-814 |
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Byzantine Empire -- History -- To 527 -- Congresses.
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Byzantine Empire. |
Chronological Term |
To 527 |
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Rome -- Provinces -- Social conditions. |
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Electronic books.
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Law. |
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Added Author |
Mathisen, Ralph W., 1947-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Law, society, and authority in late antiquity. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001 (DLC) 00068609 |
ISBN |
1423786114 (electronic book) |
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9781423786115 (electronic book) |
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1280446463 |
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9781280446467 |
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0199240329 (Cloth) |
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