The 'Libri Feudorum' (the ‘Books of Fiefs’): An Annotated English Translation of the Vulgata recension with Latin Text

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The 'Libri Feudorum' (the ‘Books of Fiefs’): An Annotated English Translation of the Vulgata recension with Latin Text

By Attilio Stella
Brill Nijhoff April 2023

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ISBN-13
9789004504547
Publisher
Brill Nijhoff
Publication
April 2023
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
Netherlands ? Countri(es) for reference only

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The Libri Feudorum (the ‘books of fiefs’) are the earliest written body of feudal customs in Europe, codified in northern Italy c.1100-1250, which gave rise to feudal law as a branch of civil law. Their role in shaping modern ideas of feudalism has aroused an intense debate among medievalists, leading to deep re-thinking of the ‘feudal’ vocabulary and categories.

This book offers an up-to-date English translation with a working Latin text introduced by a historical and historiographical overview of the Libri, thereby providing a valuable tool to understanding the long-standing importance of this collection over nine centuries of European history.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. The Libri feudorum in Modern Historiography
2. The Formation of the Libri feudorum and Its Context
 1. Before the Libri feudorum: Milan and Lombardy in the Eleventh Century
 2. The Early Tracts (c.
1100–1136)
 3. Fiefs and Vassals at the Time of the antiqua
 4. The Romanisation of the Fief: Obertus de Orto and the antiqua
 5. The Intermediate Recension Known as ardizzoniana
 6. The Accursian Recension and the vulgata
 7. The capitula extraordinaria
3. The Afterlife of the Libri feudorum
 1. The Libri feudorum and the ius commune from the Thirteenth to the Fifteenth Century
 2. The Libri feudorum in Late Medieval and Early Modern France
 3. The Libri feudorum and Feudalism: Open Questions
4. Notes to Translation
Libri feudorum, compilatio vulgata: Book 1
Libri feudorum, compilatio vulgata: Book 2

Appendix 1: Capitula Extraordinaria Iacobi de Ardizone
Appendix 2: Capitula Extraordinaria Baraterii
Appendix 3: Edictum de beneficiis Regni Italici
Appendix 4: Synoptic Table
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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