Legitimacy and law in the Roman world : tabulae in Roman belief and practice /
The Romans wrote solemn religious, public, and legal documents on wooden tablets. This book investigates the historical significance of this practice: its power to order the human realm and cosmos and to make documents efficacious; its spread to the provinces; and its influence on the evolution of R...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The Romans wrote solemn religious, public, and legal documents on wooden tablets. This book investigates the historical significance of this practice: its power to order the human realm and cosmos and to make documents efficacious; its spread to the provinces; and its influence on the evolution of Roman law. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 353 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-340) and index. |
ISBN: | 0511187092 9780511187094 0521497019 9780521497015 0511184468 9780511184468 0511186169 9780511186165 0511185332 9780511185335 9780511482861 0511482868 1280515821 9781280515828 9786610515820 6610515824 1107141583 9781107141582 0511313314 9780511313318 9780521068918 0521068916 |