Law and Authority in the Early Middle Ages: The Frankish Leges in the Carolingian Period

ISBN-13: 9781107446892 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 314 str.

Thomas Faulkner

Opis

An examination of the barbarian laws in Carolingian Europe, contributing to debates concerning written law, kingship and ethnic identities.

Recenzje

'Faulkner offers a valuable exploration of the early medieval, Frankish leges and capitularies, centred on their use and reuse throughout the Carolingian period.' Thom Gobbitt, Early Medieval Europe

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The minor leges part I. Problems, background, lex ribuaria, ewa ad amorem; 2. The minor leges part II. Saxony and the lex saxonum; 3. The additional capitularies; 4. The reading of normative texts: Benedictus Levita and Regino; 5. The manuscripts of the leges-scriptorium; Conclusion; Editions; Bibliography; General index; Index of legal texts; Index of manuscripts.