Law and Authority in the Early Middle Ages - The Frankish Leges in the Carolingian Period

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The minor leges part I. Problems, background, lex ribuaria, ewa ad amorem; 2. The minor leges part II. Saxony and the lex saxonum; 3. The additional capitularies; 4. The reading of normative texts: Benedictus Levita and Regino; 5. The manuscripts of the leges-scriptorium; Conclusion; Editions; Bibliography; General index; Index of legal texts; Index of manuscripts.

About the author

Thomas Faulkner was awarded his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2010. Since then he has continued his research independently. He has given papers in Cambridge, Heidelberg, Auxerre, Copenhagen and the Institute of Historical Research in London. He has lectured on late antique and early medieval law at the University of Cambridge, and has published his first article, 'The Carolingian kings and the leges barbarorum' (Historical Research 86, 2013). Forthcoming publications include an edition of ordeal manuals found in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts for the Early English Laws project, and contributions to the Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, on legal texts, practices and concepts.

Summary

This study provides an examination of the role of the barbarian law codes in the Carolingian period. Thomas Faulkner contributes to debates about written law, dispute settlement, ethnic identities and kingship in the age of Charlemagne and his successors, and provides new interpretations of key texts, and a thorough assessment of their manuscripts.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Faulkner, Faulkner Thomas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781107446892
• ISBN: 978-1-107-44689-2
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series; Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Europe, European History, LAW / Legal History, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Legal History, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE