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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 February 2016
      15 February 2016
      ISBN:
      9781316027097
      9781107084919
      9781107446892
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316027097
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.58kg, 316 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.5kg, 316 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Legal History, British History 1066-1450, Area Studies, Law, History, European Studies, European History 450-1000
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series (104)
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    Subjects:
    Legal History, British History 1066-1450, Area Studies, Law, History, European Studies, European History 450-1000
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series (104)
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    The barbarian law codes, compiled between the sixth and eighth centuries, were copied remarkably frequently in the Carolingian ninth century. They provide crucial evidence for early medieval society, including the settlement of disputes, the nature of political authority, literacy, and the construction of ethnic identities. Yet it has proved extremely difficult to establish why the codes were copied in the ninth century, how they were read, and how their rich evidence should be used. Thomas Faulkner tackles these questions more systematically than ever before, proposing new understandings of the relationship between the making of law and royal power, and the reading of law and the maintenance of ethnic identities. Faulkner suggests major reinterpretations of central texts, including the Carolingian law codes, the capitularies adding to the laws, and Carolingian revisions of earlier barbarian and Roman laws. He also provides detailed analysis of legal manuscripts, especially those associated with the leges-scriptorium.

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    ‘Faulkner offers a valuable exploration of the early medieval, Frankish leges and capitularies, centred on their use and reuse throughout the Carolingian period.’

    Thom Gobbitt Source: Early Medieval Europe

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