| Description |
xiii, 641 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The early Middle Ages: a comparative approach -- 2. A historical and institutional profile of the Roman empire in the fourth and fifth centuries -- 3. Excursus I: 'Barbarians' -- 4. Historical and institutional profiles of the 'new dominations' -- 5. Excursus II: The days of the week -- 6. Excursus III: Anglo-Saxon charters -- 7. Consensus by assembly -- 8. Excursus IV: Authority and consensus in judicial decisions -- 9. Public allegiance -- 10. Excursus V: The Anglo-Saxon writ -- 11. Private allegiance -- 12. Open legal systems -- 13. Excursus VI: Textual 'coincidences' in documentary forms -- Chronology of popes and sovereigns |
| Notes |
Translation of: Alle radici del mondo giuridico europeo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Originally published Rome :Istituto poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Librerio dello Stato, 1994 Italian edition |
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Translated from the Italian |
| Subject |
Law -- Europe -- History.
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Law, Medieval.
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| Author |
Belton, Adrian
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| LC no. |
98008258 |
| ISBN |
0521621070 |
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