Law, Society, and Authority in Late Antiquity

Law, Society, and Authority in Late Antiquity

by Ralph W. Mathisen (Editor)
Law, Society, and Authority in Late Antiquity

Law, Society, and Authority in Late Antiquity

by Ralph W. Mathisen (Editor)

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199240326
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 10/18/2001
Pages: 340
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

University of South Carolina

Table of Contents

The survival of Roman Family Law after the Barbarian Settlement, ArjavaSpoiling the Egyptians: Roman Law and Christian Exegesis in Late Antiquity, ClarkLegal Privilege and the Ecclesiastical Courts in Late Antique North Africa, DosseyThe Impact of Law and Social Customs on the Development of Syriac Christian Canon Law in the Sassanian Empire, ErhartLawyers and Historians in Late Antiquity, GreatrexVirgins and Widows, Show-girls and Whores: Late Roman Legislation on Women and Christianity, Evans GrubbsResolving Disputes: The Frontiers of Law in Late Antiquity, HarriesThe Legacy of Roman Law in Post-Roman Britain, JonesEvidence for the Audientia Episcopalis in the New Letters of Augustine, Lenski, MathisenMatthewsThe Salic Law and Barbarian Diet., PearsonCanonists Construct the Nun?: Canonical Legislation about Women Religious in Merovingian and Carolingian France, PeyrouxThe Farmer, the Landlord, and the Law in the Fifth Century, SirksLex and Iussio: The Feriale Campanum and Christianity in the Theodosian Age, TroutThe survival of Roman Family Law after the Barbarian Settlement, ArjavaSpoiling the Egyptians: Roman Law and Christian Exegesis in Late Antiquity, ClarkJudicial Violence and the Ecclesiastical Courts in Late Antique North Africa, DosseyThe Development of Syriac Christian Canon Law in the Sassanian Empire, ErhartLawyers and Historians in Late Antiquity, GreatrexVirgins and Widows, Show-girls and Whores: Late Roman Legislation on Women and Christianity, Evans GrubbsResolving Disputes: The Frontiers of Law in Late Antiquity, HarriesThe Legacy of Roman Law in Post-Roman Britain, JonesEvidence for the Audientia Episcopalis in the New Letters of Augustine, LenskiImperial Honorifics and Senatorial Status in Late Roman Legal Documents, MathisenInterpreting the Interpretationes of the Breviarium, MatthewsSalic Law and Barbarian Diet., PearsonCanonists Construct the Nun?: Church Law and Wonen's Monastic Practice in Merovingian France, PeyrouxThe Farmer, the Landlord, and the Law in the Fifth Century, SirksWhy not Marry a Jew? Jewish-Christian Marital Frontiers in Late Antiquity, SivanLex and Iussio: The Feriale Campanum and Christianity in the Theodosian Age, Trout
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