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Legal Practice and the Written Word in the Early Middle Ages
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Frankish Formulae, C.500 1000
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Artikel-Nr:
9780521514996
Veröffentl:
2012
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Erscheinungsdatum:
08.03.2012
Seiten:
312
Autor:
Alice Rio
Gewicht:
607 g
Format:
235x157x21 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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This book examines legal formularies from the Merovingian and Carolingian periods, and considers their problems and possibilities as historical sources.
Introduction; Part I. Formulae, Charters and the Written Word: 1. Orality and literacy in Frankish society; 2. An uneasy partnership? Formulae and charters; Part II. Inventory of the Evidence: 3. Defining the corpus; 4. Catalogue of collections; Part III. Formulae as a Historical Source: Limits and Possibilities: 5. Dating formulae; 6. Local context and diffusion; 7. From late antique notaries to ecclesiastical scribes: when, where and why formularies survive; 8. Formulae and written law; 9. A methodological test-case: slavery and unfreedom in the formularies; Conclusion; Appendix: a handlist of manuscripts.