This book examines legal formularies from the Merovingian and Carolingian periods, and considers their problems and possibilities as historical sources.
This book examines legal formularies from the Merovingian and Carolingian periods, and considers their problems and possibilities as historical sources.
Introduction Part I. Formulae, Charters and the Written Word: 1. Orality and literacy in Frankish society 2. An uneasy partnership? Formulae and charters Part II. Inventory of the Evidence: 3. Defining the corpus 4. Catalogue of collections Part III. Formulae as a Historical Source: Limits and Possibilities: 5. Dating formulae 6. Local context and diffusion 7. From late antique notaries to ecclesiastical scribes: when, where and why formularies survive 8. Formulae and written law 9. A methodological test-case: slavery and unfreedom in the formularies Conclusion Appendix: a handlist of manuscripts.
Introduction Part I. Formulae, Charters and the Written Word: 1. Orality and literacy in Frankish society 2. An uneasy partnership? Formulae and charters Part II. Inventory of the Evidence: 3. Defining the corpus 4. Catalogue of collections Part III. Formulae as a Historical Source: Limits and Possibilities: 5. Dating formulae 6. Local context and diffusion 7. From late antique notaries to ecclesiastical scribes: when, where and why formularies survive 8. Formulae and written law 9. A methodological test-case: slavery and unfreedom in the formularies Conclusion Appendix: a handlist of manuscripts.
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