Legitimacy and Law in the Roman World
Tabulae in Roman Belief and Practice
Greeks wrote mostly on papyrus, but the Romans wrote solemn religious, public and legal documents on wooden tablets often coated with wax. This book investigates the historical significance of this resonant form of writing; its power to order the human realm and cosmos and to make documents efficacious; its role in court; the uneven spread - an aspect of Romanization - of this Roman form outside Italy, as provincials made different guesses as to what would please their Roman overlords; and its influence on the evolution of Roman law. An historical epoch of Roman legal transactions without writing is revealed as a juristic myth of origins. Rom…
Mehr
CHF 54.80
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-511-18986-9
- EAN: 9780511189869
- Produktnummer: 13802246
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 3'505 KB
4 weitere Werke von Elizabeth A. Meyer:
Legitimacy and Law in the Roman World
Tabulae in Roman Belief and Practice
Tabulae in Roman Belief and Practice
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 154.80
Bewertungen
Anmelden