Windows on Justice in Northern Iberia, 800-1000

ISBN-13: 9780367882327 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 292 str.

Wendy Davies

Opis

Although it has a rich historiography, and from the late ninth century is rich in textual evidence, northern Iberia has barely featured in the great debates of early medieval European history of recent generations. Looking at the practice of judicial courts in Europe west of Frankia allows us to think again about the nature of the public; identifyi

Spis treści

Prologue / Orientation / Part I The Texts: The structure of dispute records / Appendix / Material questions / Formulaic writing / The language of dispute texts / Coda / Appendix / Part II Implications: Roles / Power / Local responses / A view on northern Iberia in the European context / Where is justice? / Bibliography / Indexes.

O autorze

Wendy Davies, FBA, is Professor Emerita of History at University College London, UK