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

Rio, Alice.

Legal practice and the written word in the early middle ages : Frankish formulae, c. 500-1000 / Alice Rio. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (xii, 299 pages) : illustrations - - Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., [no. 75] . - Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 75. .

Numbering from publisher's Web site.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-293) and indexes.

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.

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 possibilities associated with formularies.


English.

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To 1500


Law, Frankish--History--To 1500.
Formularies (Diplomatics)--Early works to 1800.
Forms (Frankish law)--History--To 1500.
Law, Frankish--Sources.
Droit franc--Sources.
LAW--Customary.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--Comparative.
Derecho franco--Formularios
Forms (Frankish law)
Formularies (Diplomatics)
Law, Frankish.
Urkunde
Procesformules.
Franken (volk)
droit--formule--époque carolingienne.--époque mérovingienne
formulaire (droit)--époque carolingienne.--époque mérovingienne
Lagar--historia--Karolingiska riket.


Fränkisches Reich


Electronic books.
Early works.
History.
Sources.
Electronic books.

KJ320 / .R56 2009

340.5/5

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