Introduction; 1. The historical context; 2. The legal context; 3. Law and order; 4. Society and the family; 5. The economy; Epilogue; Appendix: Edict of King Theoderic.
Provides new insights into Rome's collapse, challenging long-held assumptions that Theoderic's reign was a golden age for Italy.
Sean D. W. Lafferty is a postdoctoral research fellow at Yale University.
'… the book succeeds admirably in using the Edictum to describe and analyse its world. The volume should achieve a wide and grateful readership among early medievalists and among legal historians.' John Hudson, Early Medieval Europe
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