| Description |
xii, 236 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN |
9781107182561 hardback : alkaline paper |
| Note |
Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Princeton University, 2012) issued under title: Byzantine legal culture under the Macedonian dynasty, 867-1056, |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-230) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : reciting Homer in the courtroom - Byzantine legal culture -- The "Cleansing of the ancient laws" under Basil I and Leo VI -- Gift-giving and patronage in middle Byzantine courts -- Paradigms of justice and jurisprudence -- The function of "private" law collections in the Byzantine Empire and neighboring cultures -- Law and heresy in the edicts of the Patriarch Alexios Stoudites -- Legal education and the law school of Constantinople -- Conclusions : the end of secular law in Byzantium? |
| Library Class |
Law E110
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| Subject |
Law, Byzantine -- Roman influences.
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Byzantine Empire -- History -- 527-1081.
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