1 option
Byzantine legal culture and the Roman legal tradition, 867-1056 / Zachary Chitwood.
Van Pelt Library KJA1350 .C48 2017
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chitwood, Zachary, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law, Byzantine--Roman influences.
- Law, Byzantine.
- Byzantine Empire--History--527-1081.
- Byzantine Empire.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 236 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The "Cleansing of the ancient laws" under Basil I and Leo VI : Hellenizing the Twelve Tables
- Gift-giving and patronage in middle Byzantine courts
- Paradigms of justice and jurisprudence
- The function of "private" law collections in the Byzantine Empire and neighboring cultures
- Law and heresy in the edicts of the Patriarch Alexios Stoudites
- Legal education and the law school of Constantinople
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - Princeton University, 2012) issued under title: Byzantine legal culture under the Macedonian dynasty, 867-1056,
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781107182561
- 1107182565
- OCLC:
- 964661153
- Publisher Number:
- 99971603485
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.