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Law, resistance, and the state : the opposition to Roman law in Reformation Germany / Gerald Strauss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strauss, Gerald, 1922- author.
- Series:
- Princeton Legacy Library
- Princeton Legacy Library ; 95
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roman law--Reception--Germany.
- Roman law.
- Practice of law (Roman law).
- Law--Germany--History and criticism.
- Law.
- Religion and law.
- Law--Political aspects.
- Reformation--Germany.
- Reformation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (316 p.)
- Edition:
- Course Book
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1986]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Gerald Strauss offers a comprehensive study of a phenomenon of great interest to scholars of early modern Europe: the widespread opposition to Roman law and lawyers in sixteenth-century Germany.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- One. Lawyers: A Profession under Indictment
- Two. Law: Views And Disputes
- Three Reception: The New Law in Germany
- Four. Custom, Privilege, Freedom: The Conservative Society
- Five. Law and Politics: The New State
- Six. Careers And Social Place: Lawyers as a Class
- Seven. Law and Religion: The Reformation
- Eight. Estates: The Heart of Resistance
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691638799
- 0691638799
- 9781400854400
- 1400854407
- 9780691610726
- 069161072X
- OCLC:
- 884013575
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