Law, Society, and Authority in Late Antiquity
ISBN13: 9780199240326ISBN10: 0199240329
Hardback,
344 pages
Sep 2001,
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The sixteen papers in this volume investigate the links between law and society during Late Antiquity (260-640 CE). On the one hand, they consider how social changes such as the barbarian settlement and the rise of the Christian church resulted in the creation of new sources of legal authority, such as local and "vulgar" law, barbarian law codes, and canon law. On the other, they investigate the interrelationship between legal innovations and social change.Features
- Examines the relationship between society and the law in the context of the newly emerging kinds of authority in Late Antiquity.
- Accessible to non-specialists, foreign language passages are translated except where the original is necessary for the argument, and terms are defined.
About the Author(s)
Edited by Ralph W. Mathisen, Louise Fry Scudder Professor of Humanities, and Professor of Ancient and Byzantine History, University of South Carolina
