Law and Legality in the Greek East

Name: Law and Legality in the Greek East
Brand: Oxford University Press(UK)
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By David Wagschal

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Byzantine church law remains terra incognita to most scholars in the western academy. In this work, David Wagschal provides a fresh examination of this neglected but fascinating world. Confronting the traditional narratives of decline and primitivism that have long discouraged study of thesubject, Wagschal argues that a close reading of the central monuments of Byzantine canon law c. 381-883 reveals a much more sophisticated and coherent legal culture than is generally assumed. Engaging in innovative examinations of the physical shape and growth of the canonical corpus, the contentof the canonical prologues, the discursive strategies of the canons, and the nature of the earliest forays into systematization, Wagschal invites his readers to reassess their own legal-cultural assumptions as he advances an innovative methodology for understanding this ancient law. Law and Legalityin the Greek East explores topics such as compilation, jurisprudence, professionalization, definitions of law, the language of the canons, and the relationship between the civil and ecclesiastical laws. It challenges conventional assumptions about Byzantine law while suggesting many new avenues ofresearch in both late antique and early medieval law, secular and ecclesiastical.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 352
Release Date:: 2015-01-27
Publication Date:: 2015-01-01
Publisher:: Oxford University Press(UK)
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0198722605
ISBN13:: 9780198722601
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 693 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 23 cm

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