Full Description
The Theodosian Code, put together under the Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II, is a compliation of the laws dating from 312 to 438 AD, when the code was published. It brought order to a vast unmanageable body of law and formed part of the basis for the sixth-century Institutes of Justinian, fundamental to later jurisprudence. This book is an important collection of articles, well established as an essential resource for students of Roman law, long unavailable and here published in paperback for the first time with a new preface and updated bibliography. Contributors: Simon Corcoran; Brian Croke; Judith Evans Grubbs; Jill Harries; Tony Honore; David Hunt; John Matthews; Boudewijn Sirks; Mark Vessey; Dafydd Walters; Ian Wood.
Contents
List of Contributors
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction: The Background to the Code, Jill Harries
Part I. Compilation
Introductory Note, Jill Harries
1. The Making of the Text, John Matthews
2. The Sources of the Code, Boudewijn Sirks
3. Some Quaestors of the Reign of Theodosius II, Tony Honoré
Part II. Constantine, Christianity and the Code
Introductory Note, Jill Harries
4. Hidden from History: the legislation of Licinius, Simon Corcoran
5. Constantine and Imperial Legislation on the Family, Judith Evans Grubbs
6. Christianising the Roman Empire: the evidence of the Code, David Hunt
Part III. Nachleben: the Code in the Middle Ages
Introductory Note, Ian Wood
7. The Code in Merovingian Gaul, Ian Wood
8. The Origins of the Collectio Sirmondiana: a new look at the evidence, Mark Vessey
9. From Benedict to Gratian: the Code in medieval ecclesiastical authors, Dafydd Walters
Epilogue
10. Mommsen's Encounter with the Code, Brian Croke
Bibliography
Index
