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Legal practice and the written word in the early middle ages : Frankish formulae, c. 500-1000 /

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 possibilit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rio, Alice
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Colección:Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 75.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.