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Legal practice and the written word in the early middle ages : Frankish formulae, c. 500-1000
- Title
- Legal practice and the written word in the early middle ages : Frankish formulae, c. 500-1000 / Alice Rio.
- Author
- Rio, Alice.
- Publication
- Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 299 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Legal formularies are books of model legal documents compiled by early medieval scribes for their own use and that of their pupils ... By taking a fresh look at Frankish legal formularies from the Merovingian and Carolingian periods, this book provides a detailed analysis of the problems and possibilities associated with formularies.--P. [i].
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., [no. 75]
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 75.
- Subject
- Law, Frankish > History > To 1500
- Formularies (Diplomatics) > Early works to 1800
- Forms (Frankish law) > History > To 1500
- Law, Frankish > Sources
- droit > formule > époque mérovingienne / époque carolingienne
- formulaire (droit) > époque mérovingienne / époque carolingienne
- Franken (volk)
- Procesformules
- Derecho franco > Formularios
- Note
- Series numbering from publisher's web site.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-293) and indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Orality and literacy in Frankish society -- An uneasy partnership? : formulae and charters -- Defining the corpus -- Catalogue of the collections -- Dating formulae -- Local context and diffusion -- From late antique notaries to ecclesiastical scribes : when, where and why formularies survive -- Formulae and written law -- A methodological test-case : slavery and unfreedom in the formularies -- Conclusion -- Appendix : A handlist of manuscripts.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-6021
- ISBN
- 9780521514996 (hardback)
- 0521514991 (hardback)
- 9780511540714 (e-book)
- 051154071X (e-book)
- LCCN
- 2009008254
- OCLC
- 286432523
- Author
- Rio, Alice.
- Title
- Legal practice and the written word in the early middle ages : Frankish formulae, c. 500-1000 / Alice Rio.
- Imprint
- Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Series
- Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., [no. 75]Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 75.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-293) and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-6021