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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452545103321

Autore

Lafferty Sean D. W. <1978->

Titolo

Law and society in the age of Theoderic the Great : a study of the Edictum Theoderici / / Sean D.W. Lafferty [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-139-88951-6

1-107-06531-3

1-107-05472-9

1-107-05798-1

1-107-05577-6

1-107-05928-3

1-139-23609-1

1-107-05688-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 332 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

340.5/4

Soggetti

Law, Gothic

Roman law

Ostrogoths - Legal status, laws, etc - Italy - History - To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The historical context -- The legal context -- Law and order -- Society and the family -- The economy -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Edict of King Theoderic.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the evolution of Roman law and society in Italy from 493, with the proclamation of the Ostrogoth Theoderic the Great as king, until about 554, when the eastern Emperor Justinian was able to re-establish imperial authority in the region. Drawing upon evidence from a variety of legal and historical sources, it investigates how Theoderic and his successors attempted to govern the peninsula in the wake of foreign invasions, the collapse of civic administration, the break-up of the Mediterranean economy, and the emergence of new forms of religious and secular authority. It challenges long-held assumptions as to just how peaceful, prosperous and Roman-like



Theoderic's Italy really was. Its primary focus is the Edictum Theoderici, a significant but largely overlooked document that offers valuable historical insights into the complex and sometimes contested social, political and religious changes that marked Italy's passage from Antiquity into the Middle Ages.