Legal practice and the written word in the early middle ages

Rio, Alice.

Legal practice and the written word in the early middle ages Frankish formulae, c. 500-1000 / [electronic resource] : Alice Rio. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xii, 299 p. : ill. - Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., [no. 75] . - Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 75. .

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-293) and indexes.

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.


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Law, Frankish--History--To 1500.
Formularies (Diplomatics)--Early works to 1800.
Forms (Frankish law)--History--To 1500.
Law, Frankish--Sources.


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