Windows on justice in northern Iberia, 800-1000 / Wendy Davies.

Author/creator Davies, Wendy, 1942-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Ashgate, 2016.
Descriptionxi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents Prologue -- Orientation -- Part I. The texts -- The structure of dispute records--Appendix : texts quoted in chaper 2 -- Material questions -- Formulaic writing -- The language of dispute records -- Coda -- Appendix -- Part II. Implications -- Roles -- Power -- Local responses -- A view on northern Iberia in the European context -- Where is justice?
Scope and content "Although it has a rich historiography, and from the late ninth century is rich in textual evidence, northern Iberia has barely featured in the great debates of early medieval European history of recent generations. Lying beyond the Frankish world, in a peninsula more than half controlled by Muslims, Spanish and Portuguese experience has seemed irrelevant to the Carolingian Empire and the political fragmentation (or realignment) that followed it. But Spain and Portugal shared the late Roman heritage which influenced much of Western Europe in the early Middle Ages and by the tenth century political practice in the Christian North had plenty of features in common with parts to the east"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 261-278) and indexes.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015027230
ISBN9781409464730 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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