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Roma Hukukunda Kölelikle İlgili Kanunlar Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme
Roma hukuku, dünya hukuk sistemleri içerisinde, etkisini günümüzde de hissettiren önemli bir hukuk ekolüdür. İlk Çağ halklarında var olan köleci sistem ilk devirlerden itibaren Roma ve Doğu Roma toplumlarında da kendine yer bulmuştur.
Talat Koçak
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This article explores fourth‐ to seventh‐century narratives about oaths of collective secrecy, which our sources typically frame negatively. By examining the terminology used in reference to these promises, the dynamics inherent in the practice and its relationship to oath‐taking customs in other contexts, and the influence of Christianity on the ...
Michael Wuk
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Social Status of Roman Senators According to the Theodosian Code: Legislation and Reality
In 438, at the initiative of Emperor Theodosius II, one of the most significant legislative collections of the late Roman Empire, the Codex Theodosianus (Eng.
Evgeniya Sergeevna Zaitseva
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Abstract This article gives an account of the discussions about the creed that took place at the Council of Nicaea in 325. It considers major problems regarding its origin and history and outlines the circumstances of its composition, its peculiar structure, and its purpose on the basis of the latest research. Finally, it discusses the legacy of Nicaea
Wolfram Kinzig
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Ekdikos (defensor civitatis) in Roman empire and Byzantium [PDF]
During the 5th and 6th centuries a significant change occurred in the nature of defensor civitatis, in line with the social and political context. After the reign of Emperor Justinian I, the competences of the defensor decreased.
Ilić Tamara
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The admission of former slaves into churches and monasteries: reaching behind the sources
Religious institutions in early medieval Europe were both recipients of former slaves and instigators of manumissions. By drawing on recent work concerning the admission of former slaves into churches and monasteries, the present paper identifies dominant strands in the historiography from Marc Bloch to the present, which are then re‐evaluated in light
Roy Flechner, Janel Fontaine
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De Excidio Patriae: civic discourse in Gildas’ Britain
This article explores the use of civic discourse in Gildas’ De Excidio Britonum. It argues that such language and imagery functioned within a larger dialectical argument that exhorted readers to choose virtue over vice. Gildas assigned the Britons collective moral agency by styling them citizens (cives) of a shared homeland (patria) defined by cities ...
Robert Flierman, Megan Welton
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The Codex of Emperor Theodosius II, dating from the 5th century A.D., is generally considered to be a failed piece of legislation; as a law book, however, it was quite successful.
Inge Kroppenberg
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Pope Leo of Bourges, clerical immunity and the early medieval secular
This article investigates the early medieval secular through the lens of clerical immunity – that is, the legal exemption of clerics from courts labelled as secular. It focusses on a short text, eventually attributed to Pope Leo, which was written in fifth‐century Gaul to define this immunity.
Charles West
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El Derecho romano durante el Bajo Imperio, compilado en buena medida en el Codex Theodosianus, contempló numerosas sanciones que implicaban la utilización de este metal pesado de fácil fundición. Entre las mismas, destacarían especialmente los azotes con
Raúl Serrano Madroñal
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