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The Text of Visigothic Law in Practice

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: This essay is a case study in the textual transmission of the Visigothic law code or Book of Judgements (Liber Iudiciorum). Rather than relying solely on manuscript copies, I draw on charters as sources for the text, and by tracking the citation of treason law across the corpus of documentation from early medieval Asturias-León and Navarra, I identify three new witnesses. On the basis of this methodology and its results, I then propose a new approach to reading the code through its use in practice which should be taken into account in the revision of the standard Monumenta Germaniae Historica edition.

Source: Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln)

Author: Graham Barrett

Language: English

Topic: Classical Studies and Legal History

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3133138232

FWCI: 62.16

Cites: 13

Cited by: 15

Related to: 10