Word and power in mediaeval Bulgaria / by Ivan Biliarsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bili︠a︡rski, Ivan, 1959-

Series:

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; v. 14.

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, 1872-8103 ; v. 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Bulgaria--Language.

Law.

Law--Bulgaria--History--To 1393.

Law, Medieval--Language.

Law, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (592 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The law is a cultural phenomenon that impacts on the whole normative system of a civilisation and finally its core values. It is part of and simultaneously protector of these values. As such the law is in close relation with identity and with one of its main transmitters - the language. Every civilisation has a law code that should be common to all its parts and members and should be based on a common lexis. This book presents a case study in the legal terminology of mediaeval Bulgaria displayed against the broader background of the Byzantine civilisation to which the country belonged. It is accompanied by a glossary of the juridical lexis that is not only an example but forms the very basis of the researc project.

Contents:

Glossary of Mediaeval Bulgarian legal vocabulary

Law, language, and identity

Legal vocabulary related to the supreme state power

Institutions, military and administrative vocabulary

Taxation and fiscal legal concepts and terms

General ecclesiastical vocabulary. Ecclesiastical dignities, orders, and institutions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-12025-9

9786613120250

90-04-18187-3

OCLC:

729754164

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004191457.i-582 DOI