Legal practice and the written word in the early middle ages
Subtitle: Frankish formulae, c. 500-1000
By: Alice Rio.
Series: Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought.  Fourth series
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521514996
Subjects: Law, Frankish -- History -- To 1500; Formularies (Diplomatics) -- Early works to 1800; Forms (Frankish law) -- History -- To 1500; Law, Frankish -- Sources
Genres: Sources
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Orality and literacy in Frankish society; title: An uneasy partnership; title: formulae and charters; title: Defining the corpus; title: Catalogue of collections; title: Dating formulae; title: Local context and diffusion; title: From late antique notaries to ecclesiastical scribes: when, where and why formularies survive; title: Formulae and written law; title: A methodological test-case: slavery and unfreedom in the formularies.