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The Formularies of Angers and Marculf
Alice Rio
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Description for The Formularies of Angers and Marculf
Paperback. Offers the English translation of two major sources for the Merovingian kingdoms: the formularies of Angers and Marculf (sixth and seventh centuries). This book illuminates aspects of life which would often have been considered too trivial to be worth mentioning in narrative sources. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3F; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
This book offers the first full English translation of two major sources for the Merovingian kingdoms: the formularies of Angers and Marculf (sixth and seventh centuries). These collections of model legal documents, compiled by scribes as an aid to the composition of future documents, constitute an important source of evidence on government, legal practice and social life during the Merovingian period, both at the local level (for Angers) and at the level of the kingdom’s elite and the entourage of the king (for Marculf). They illuminate aspects of life which would often have been considered too trivial to be worth ... Read more
This book offers the first full English translation of two major sources for the Merovingian kingdoms: the formularies of Angers and Marculf (sixth and seventh centuries). These collections of model legal documents, compiled by scribes as an aid to the composition of future documents, constitute an important source of evidence on government, legal practice and social life during the Merovingian period, both at the local level (for Angers) and at the level of the kingdom’s elite and the entourage of the king (for Marculf). They illuminate aspects of life which would often have been considered too trivial to be worth ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Translated Texts for Historians
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846311598
SKU
V9781846311598
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About Alice Rio
Alice Rio is Osborn Fellow and College Lecturer in Medieval History and Culture, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
Reviews for The Formularies of Angers and Marculf
Rio has given us here is not only a set of translations, but also a work of scholarship that makes the formulae vastly more accessible to students and to professionals. Warren Brown, Early Medieval Europe 19 (2)