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- catalog abstract ""The history of early medieval law is not and cannot be the same as the history of legislation. Law-codes and edicts in the post-Roman West were indeed statements of law. But they were a better reflection of what kings and churchmen wished society to be than of what society experienced." "Patrick Wormald's collected essays argue that the values of sub-Roman society were at odds with the images cultivated by the texts. At the same time, there is a risk that scepticism about the relevance of the texts will encourage the view that early medieval law never broke out of the constraints imposed by immemorial tradition and elite consensus. Wormald's case is that, on the contrary, the same stimuli as encouraged the writing down of law could also foster an aggressively interventionist approach to social behaviour. Its effect was that at least some western authorities had a much stronger sense of crime and punishment by the twelfth century than they had in the sixth." "Wormald's essays seek to establish that legal history is not just the history of law, nor even that of society, but also that of elite and popular culture in complex and creative symbiosis. This collection will appeal to all interested in the institutions and ideologies of the premodern world."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10986997.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""The history of early medieval law is not and cannot be the same as the history of legislation. Law-codes and edicts in the post-Roman West were indeed statements of law. But they were a better reflection of what kings and churchmen wished society to be than of what society experienced." "Patrick Wormald's collected essays argue that the values of sub-Roman society were at odds with the images cultivated by the texts. At the same time, there is a risk that scepticism about the relevance of the texts will encourage the view that early medieval law never broke out of the constraints imposed by immemorial tradition and elite consensus. Wormald's case is that, on the contrary, the same stimuli as encouraged the writing down of law could also foster an aggressively interventionist approach to social behaviour. Its effect was that at least some western authorities had a much stronger sense of crime and punishment by the twelfth century than they had in the sixth." "Wormald's essays seek to establish that legal history is not just the history of law, nor even that of society, but also that of elite and popular culture in complex and creative symbiosis. This collection will appeal to all interested in the institutions and ideologies of the premodern world."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 401 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "1852851759 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; Rio Grande : Hambledon Press,".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog subject "349.42 21".
- catalog subject "KD554 .W668 1999".
- catalog subject "Law England History.".
- catalog title "Legal culture in the early medieval West : law as text, image, and experience / Patrick Wormald.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".