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"Gives the reader a portrayal of the social institutions of a Germanic people far richer and more exhaustive than any other available source."--The Foreword, by Edward PetersFrom the bloody clashes of the third and fourth centuries there emerged a society that was neither Roman nor Burgund...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Drew, Katherine Fischer, Peters, Edward
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Latín
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1976.
Colección:Middle Ages series.
Temas:
Law, Burgundian.
Law, Medieval.
Droit burgonde.
Droit médiéval.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Law, Burgundian
Law, Medieval
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Introduction; Liber Constitutionurn sive Lex Gundobada (Book of Constitutions or Law of Gundobad); Preface; I. Of the Privilege of Bestowing Gifts Permitted to Fathers, and Concerning Royal Gifts and Gratuities.; II. Of Murders.; III. Of the Emancipation of Our Slaves.; IV. Of Solicitations and Thefts.; V. Of Those Who Strike Others with Lash or Rod, with a Kick, or with a Blow of the Fist.; VI. Of Fugitives.; VII. Of Slaves (Servi) and Serfs (Originarii) Who Are Accused of Crimes.
  • VIII. Of the Commission of Crimes Which Are Charged Against Native Freemen. IX. Of Acts of Violence.; X. Let Burgundians and Romans Be Held Under the Same Condition in the Matter of Killing Slaves.; XI. Of Inflicted Wounds.; XII. Of the Stealing of Girls.; XIII. Of Clearings (Exarti).; XIV. Of Succession.; XV. Of Starting a Fight.; XVI. Of Hunting for Animals.; XVII. Of Other Cases and the Removal of Liability for Punishment.; XVIII. Of Those Things Which Happen by Chance.; XIX. Of the Removal of Pledges and Guarantors (Oathtakers).; XX. Of Thefts Committed by Fugitives.
  • XXI. Of Contracts Entered into by Slaves. XXII. Of the Abolition of the Advocacy (Patrocinium) of Barbarians in Lawsuits Involving Romans.; XXIII. Of Injuries Which Are Caused by Animals.; XXIV. Of Burgundian Women Entering a Second or Third Marriage.; XXV. Of Thefts and Acts of Violence.; XXVI. Of Knocking Out Teeth.; XXVII. Of Broken Fences, Closed Roads, also Thefts and Acts of Violence.; XXVIII. Of the Privilege of Cutting Wood Granted in Common.; XXIX. Of Those Committing Assault and Breach of the Peace.; XXX. Of Women Violated.; XXXI. Of Planting Vineyards.
  • XXXII. Of Him Who Has Bound a Man Illegally or Without Cause. XXXIII. Of Injuries Which Are Suffered by Women.; XXXIV. Of Divorces.; XXXV. Of the Punishment of Slaves Who Commit a Criminal Assault on Freeborn Women.; XXXVI. Of Incestuous Adultery.; XXXVII. Of Drawn Swords.; XXXVIII. Of the Refusal of Hospitality Toward Legates of Foreign Tribes and Travellers.; XXXIX. Of Receiving Strangers.; XL. Of Manumissions.; XLI. Of Crops Burned by Fire.; XLII. Of the Inheritance of Those Who Die Without Children.; XLIII. Of Gifts.; XLIV. Of the Adultery of Girls and Widows.
  • XLV. Of Those Who Deny Those Things Charged Against Them, and Offer Oaths. XLVI. Of Those Who Set Traps (Drawn Bows, tensuras) for Killing Wolves.; XLVII. Of the Condemnation of Thieves, of Their Wives, and of Their Children.; XLVIII. Of Inflicted Wounds.; XLIX. Of Animals Causing Damage in Closed Fields and Driven into Enclosures, and Horses Wandering at Large.; L. Of Killing Agents of the King as Well as of Private Persons.; LI. Of Those Who Do Not Give Their Sons the Portions of Their Property Due to Them.; LII. Of Betrothed Women Who, Incited by Desire, Go to Consort with Others.

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