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Legal formularies provide modern historians with information on many aspects of ordinary life in early medieval Europe, from labour and land agreements to cases which we would nowadays associate with criminal law. This book provides a detailed analysis of formularies, setting out their problems and possibilities as historical sources.

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Introduction; Part I. Formulae, Charters and the Written Word: 1. Orality and literacy in Frankish society; 2. An uneasy partnership? Formulae and charters; Part II. Inventory of the Evidence: 3. Defining the corpus; 4. Catalogue of collections; Part III. Formulae as a Historical Source: Limits and Possibilities: 5. Dating formulae; 6. Local context and diffusion; 7. From late antique notaries to ecclesiastical scribes: when, where and why formularies survive; 8. Formulae and written law; 9. A methodological test-case: slavery and unfreedom in the formularies; Conclusion; Appendix: a handlist of manuscripts.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 8/11/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781107402836, 978-1107402836
      ISBN10: 1107402832
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Legal formularies provide modern historians with information on many aspects of ordinary life in early medieval Europe, from labour and land agreements to cases which we would nowadays associate with criminal law. This book provides a detailed analysis of formularies, setting out their problems and possibilities as historical sources.

      Trade Review
      'Rio's book is a model of perceptive historical analysis …' Speculum

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; Part I. Formulae, Charters and the Written Word: 1. Orality and literacy in Frankish society; 2. An uneasy partnership? Formulae and charters; Part II. Inventory of the Evidence: 3. Defining the corpus; 4. Catalogue of collections; Part III. Formulae as a Historical Source: Limits and Possibilities: 5. Dating formulae; 6. Local context and diffusion; 7. From late antique notaries to ecclesiastical scribes: when, where and why formularies survive; 8. Formulae and written law; 9. A methodological test-case: slavery and unfreedom in the formularies; Conclusion; Appendix: a handlist of manuscripts.

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