Law and society in the Visigothic kingdom
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Law and society in the Visigothic kingdom
(Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought / edited by G.G. Coulton, 3d ser.,
University Press, 1972
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Bibliography: p. 265-285
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The kingdom of the Visigoths, embracing at its fullest extent Portugal and part of southern France as well as virtually the whole of Spain, boasted the most sophisticated civilization to be be found in any of the Romano-barbarian states created out of the ruin of the Western Empire. Yet its fortunes have been the subject of a curious indifference by scholars otherwise well conscious of the supreme significance of the sixth and seventh centuries for a balanced understanding of the Middle Ages. Dr King makes a searching investigation into the structure and ethos of Visigothic society as it is revealed in the legal and other other sources of the time.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The king and the law
- 3. Royal government, I
- 4. Royal government, II
- 5. The Church and the faith
- 6. Slaves, freedmen and nobles
- 7. The economy
- 8. The family
- Appendix I: theft and robbery
- Appendix II: killing and misuse of the person
- Bibliography of works cited
- Index to citations of the laws
- Index.
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