Kinship and Justice in Byzantium, 11th–15th Centuries
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adoption practices Byzantium
Author_R.J. Macrides
Byzantine legal culture research
Byzantine legal history
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civil and canon law
court procedure analysis
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legal commentaries study
medieval inheritance law
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- ISBN 9780860787990
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 150 x 224mm
- Publication Date: 24 Dec 1999
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The articles in this volume deal with subjects which have received relatively little attention from students of the Byzantine empire. The studies are concerned with aspects of the law, both civil and canon, and with the kinship ties formed through godparenthood, adoption and marriage by the emperor and his subjects, the considerations which contributed to their creation and the significance of these ties for those who contracted them. The common theme linking the studies on kinship and justice is an interest in determining how the law worked. Using legal commentaries, notarial formulae, court case transcripts and literary sources, the author attempts to reveal contemporary practices in court procedure, in crime detection and punishment, in legal teaching and argumentation. The studies examine technical aspects of the law such as its promulgation and dissemination, and the interaction of civil and canon law, but also the wider influence of the law on literary culture.
R.J. Macrides, University of Birmingham, UK
