Norms of Dependency in Late Antique and Early Medieval Societies
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Edited by:
Martin Schermaier
About this book
Late antique and early medieval normative sources frequently employ Roman legal terminology to denote a person’s legal inferiority, and thus suggest the continued relevance of the concepts associated with these terms. However, it is far from clear to what extent the use of identical terminology actually indicates the similarity of social phenomena. There is ample evidence of important changes regarding the rights and duties of enslaved persons and the development or emergence of other, new, forms of asymmetrical dependency. This raises the question to what extent consistency in terminology and legal practice is actually an indicator of the stability of social structures. Against this background, a group of scholars of legal, ecclesiastical, and social history were invited to a conference at the BCDSS in March 2022 to scrutinise different law codes and legal sources for their evidence of dependency. The result are these ten papers that truly enhance our understanding of slavery and other dependency relations in late antique and early medieval societies from c. 100 to c. 900 CE.
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Julia Winnebeck, Martin Schermaier and Matthias Becher Open Access Download PDF |
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I The Presence of Slavery and other Dependency Relations in Normative Sources
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Catherine Hezser Open Access Download PDF |
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Julia Winnebeck Open Access Download PDF |
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Boudewijn Sirks Open Access Download PDF |
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II Continuities and Discontinuities in Slave Legislation and Slaving Practices
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Martin Schermaier Open Access Download PDF |
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Noel Lenski Open Access Download PDF |
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Stefan Esders Open Access Download PDF |
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Dominik Leyendecker Open Access Download PDF |
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III Case Studies
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Julia Hillner and Harry Mawdsley Open Access Download PDF |
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Matthias Becher Open Access Download PDF |
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Brigitte Kasten Open Access Download PDF |
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