Cargando…

Law and legality in the Greek East : the Byzantine canonical tradition, 381-883 /

This work is a study of Byzantine canon law which, although usually neglected by legal-historical research, Dr Wagschal argues is a fascinating and complex legal system of considerable coherence and sophistication, with many implications for our broader understanding of Christian culture and thought...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wagschal, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Oxford early Christian studies.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Cover""; ""Law and Legality in the Greek East: The Byzantine Canonical Tradition, 381â€?883""; ""Copyright""; ""For my grandparents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes to the Reader""; ""Canonical Citations""; ""Translations""; ""Lexical Data and Dictionaries""; ""Introduction to the Law and Legality of the Greek East: The Byzantine Canonical Tradition, 381â€?883""; ""1: The Shape of the Law""; ""A. Introduction: the shape of the law""; ""B. Manuscripts and editions: preliminary problems""
  • C. A survey of the textual history of Byzantine canon law 381-883D. Major contours of the tradition
  • 1. Unity, stability, continuity
  • 2. A Greek phenomenon
  • 3. Size
  • 4. Autonomy
  • 5. Structure, order, and patterns of growth
  • 6. Is something missing? Official definitions, jurisprudence, professionalization
  • E. Analysis: the law takes shape
  • 2: Introducing the Law
  • A. Introduction: introducing the law
  • B. Description of the texts
  • 1. The Nicene creed
  • 2. The apostolic material
  • 3. The prologue of the Coll50
  • ""4. The prologues of the Coll14: and 'O Î?á?²Î? παÏ?á??Î?""""5. The Trullan complex""; ""6. II Nicaea 1""; ""7. Minor texts""; ""C. Central Themes, Priorities, Problems""; ""1. An initial problem: ""rhetoric""""; ""2. Embedding the canons: fundamental contexts and referents""; ""3. One special context: the civil law""; ""4. Sources and legislation""; ""D. ANALYSIS: The Law Introduced""; ""3: The Language of the Law""; ""A. Introduction: The Language of The Law""; ""B. Nomenclature""; ""1. Naming the laws: terms for rules""; ""2. Naming the law? The missing concept of ""canon law""""
  • ""C. Genre""""D. Structure and Dispositive Vocabulary of the Canonical Rules""; ""E. The Legal Language of the Canons""; ""1. The legal parts""; ""2. The legal whole?""; ""F. The Non-Legal legal Language of the Canons?""; ""1. Three Principal Discourses: Tradition, Pedagogy, Persuasion""; ""2. Principal ``AssemblagesÂ?Â?: the basic contexts""; ""a. Scripture""; ""b. Morality and metaphysics""; ""c. Honor and appearances""; ""d. Purity, cleanliness, and defilement""; ""e. Medicine""; ""f. The divine presence and the sacred""; ""3. The legal whole revisited""
  • ""G. ANALYSIS: THE LANGUAGE OF THE LAW""""4: Systematizing the Law""; ""A. INTRODUCTION: SYSTEMATIZING THE LAW""; ""B. ORIGIN AND DATING""; ""C. SELF-PRESENTATION""; ""D. MORPHOLOGY""; ""E. SOURCE SELECTION""; ""F. THE NATURE AND CONSTITUTION OF THE RUBRICS""; ""G. ORDER AND STRUCTURE IN THE SYSTEMATIC INDICES""; ""H. ANALYSIS: SYSTEMATIZING THE LAW?""; "" Conclusions, Problems, Prospects""; ""APPENDIX A: Prefaces and Epilogues to the Byzantine Canonical Collections""; ""APPENDIX B: Translations""; ""Oi Ï?oÃ" ÂæÏæγÎƠÎ"oÏ? Î?ÏæoÃ" [c.550]""; ""TÎƠ ÂæÎÎ? Ï?ÏŽÂæÎ"Ï?Î" [c.580]""