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A Companion to Byzantine Law: From the Foundation of Constantinople (330) until the End of the Macedonian Dynasty (1056)

A Companion to Byzantine Law: From the Foundation of Constantinople (330) until the End of the Macedonian Dynasty (1056)

Name: A Companion to Byzantine Law: From the Foundation of Constantinople (330) until the End of the Macedonian Dynasty (1056)
Brand: Brill Academic Publishers
SKU: 9789004731912
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Author: Eleftheria Papagianni; Daphne Penna
ISBN: 9789004731912

Edited by Eleftheria Papagianni · Daphne Penna

Brill Academic Publishers July 2025

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ISBN-13: 9789004731912
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Publication: July 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Countri(es) for reference only

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The so-called Byzantine Empire, which existed for more than a thousand years with Constantinople as its capital, demonstrates the birth of a new world with the wedding of Western and Eastern traditions. This study of Byzantine legal texts, mainly from the 6th to the 11th centuries, illustrates this clearly, following the evolution of Roman law into Byzantine law. By outlining and analysing the influence of various historical, social, and religious factors on this progression, the present handbook not only presents a condensed picture of the evolution of law in the area beyond the Adriatic Sea, but also indirectly sheds light on Byzantine society more broadly.

Preface; Eleftheria Papagianni and Daphne Penna; Abbreviations; Notes on ContributorsX; Part 1: Introduction; 1.
The Birth of Byzantine Law: Zachary Chitwood; 2.
The Creation of a Parallel Legal Order: Canon Law: Spyros Troianos; 3.
The History of Research on Byzantine Law: Marios Th. Tantalos; Part 2: From Constantine the Great up to Justinian’s Death; 4.
Byzantine Law from Constantine the Great to the Death of Justinian: an Overview: Vasileios-Alexandros Kollias; 5.
Codification of the leges: Codex Theodosianus and Codex Justinianus: Kalliopi Papakonstantinou; 6.
Codification of the ius: the Digest: Giuseppe Falcone; 7.
The Institutes of Justinian: Kalliopi Papakonstantinou; 8.
The Novels of Justinian: Peter Sarris; 9.
Law Teaching at the Time of Justinian: Daphne Penna; Part 3: From Justinian’s Death up to Basil I; 10.
From Justinian’s Death up to Basil I: an Overview: Valerio Massimo Minale; 11.
The Canons of the Synod of Trullo: a Code of Canon Law and Its Relation to State Legislation: Wolfram Brandes; 12.
The “Isaurian” Ecloga: Fausto Goria; 13.
From the Appendix Eclogae to the Eclogadion: Inclining Back to Justinianic Law: Fausto Goria; Law at the Time of the Macedonian Dynasty; 14.
Law at the Time of the Macedonian Dynasty: an Overview: Kalliopi (Kelly) Bourdara; 15.
The Procheiros Nomos and the Eisagoge: Thomas E. van Bochove; 16.
The Novels of Leo VI the Wise: Kalliopi (Kelly) Bourdara; 17.
The Great Codification. The Basilica cum scholiis and Their Immediate Precursor(s): Thomas E. van Bochove; 18.
The Court of the Hippodrome: Andreas Gkoutzioukostas; 19.
The Peira: Dieter Simon; 20.
Legal Education in Constantinople in the 11th Century: “School of Laws” and the “Guardian of the Laws”: Alexander Liarmacopulus; 21.
The “Endemousa” Synod: Spyros Troianos; Indices