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
Summary
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
Notes
Numbering from publisher's Web site
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-293) and indexes
