Laws of the Salian Franks /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Latin |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
1991
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| Series: | Middle Ages series.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- I. The Roman world and the Germanic Franks
- II. Roman law and Germanic law. The law of the Western Empire at the time of the invasions ; Roman law and the Germanic Barbarians
- III. The Franks as seen through their law code. Background of Lex Salica ; The Frankish state ; The Frankish judicial system ; The family and kin group ; Marriage ; Inheritance ; Social classes ; The Frankish economic scene ; Violence, theft, homicide
- IV. Transmission of Lex Salica and this translation
- Pactus Legis Salicae: The 65-title version of the code ascribed to Clovis plus the later sixth-century additions
- Lex Salica Karolina: Systematic version
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
