Liber Methodius between the Byzantium and the West: Traces of the Oldest Slavonic Legal Collection in Medieval Croatia
Марко Петрак
the purpose of this article is to analyse following question: whether liber Methodius, mentioned in chapter 9 The Chronicle Presbyter Diocleas (Ljetopis Popa Dukljanina), and Nomocanon Saint as first adaptation translation Byzantine canon civil law collections Slavonic language, are one same book. This question not without relevance for legal history mediaeval lands described there by Diocleas: a positive answer above an indication that most important early contacts Croats with Roman tradition was direct consequence missionary work 'Apostles Slavs'. Morover, special attention will be dedicated problem mutual relations between oldest culture Western normative models Croatia Byzantine- Carolingian contact zone.
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