Byzantine Legal Culture and the Roman Legal Tradition, 867–1056
Zachary Chitwood
This social history of Byzantine law offers an introduction to one the world&amp;apos;s richest yet hitherto understudied legal traditions. In first study its kind, Chitwood explores and reinterprets seminal legal-historical events Empire under Macedonian dynasty, including re-appropriation refashioning Justinianic corpus founding a school in Constantinople. During this last phase secular law, momentous changes culture were underway: patronage elite was reflected system, theological terms from Orthodox Christianity entered vocabulary jurisprudence, private collections uncertain origins began circulate manuscripts alongside official redactions law. By using heuristic device exploring culture, book examines interplay between Roman political heritage, Hellenic culture.