Law and Legality in the Greek East
The Byzantine Canonical Tradition, 381-883
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 27 November 2014
- ISBN 9780198722601
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages352 pages
- Size 241x163x25 mm
- Weight 676 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book is a study of Byzantine canon law which, although usually neglected by legal-historical research, Dr Wagschal argues is a fascinating and complex legal system of considerable coherence and sophistication, with many implications for our broader understanding of Christian culture and thought.
MoreLong description:
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 the subject, 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 content of 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 Legality in 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 of research in both late antique and early medieval law, secular and ecclesiastical.
This book is a mileston in the study of Byzantine canon law and the legal culture of the Byzantine world.
Table of Contents:
Introduction to the Law and Legality of the Greek East: the Byzantine Canon Law 381-883
The Shape of the Law
Introducing the Law
The Language of the Law
Systematizing the Law
Conclusions, problems, prospects
Appendix A: Prefaces and Epilogues to the Byzantine Canonical Collections
Appendix B: Translations
Bibliography
Index
