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Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 171-193, May 2023., 2023 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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The Modern Law Review, Volume 86, Issue 1, Page 85-121, January 2023., 2023 The notion of ‘equity’ is undergoing conceptual repositioning in international law today, embracing individuals as well as states and gaining an association with human rights and the politics of protest. In the context of these developments, the present paper enquires into the premodern roots of this ancient and rich term through three historical ...
Stephen Humphreys
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Early Medieval Europe, Volume 30, Issue 4, Page 536-557, November 2022., 2022 Around 1000, a new type of law‐book emerged in Catalonia and northern Italy that attests to new ways of handling legal material. Incorporating in full the Visigothic and Lombard law codes, respectively, these law‐books provided a base for studying and interpreting old law through comments, glosses etc., addressing new users such as lay judges.
Stefan Esders
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The building projects and the Histories of Gregory of Tours
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 159-184, May 2022., 2022 This article offers a fresh perspective on the life and works of the sixth‐century bishop Gregory of Tours by analysing Gregory’s magnum opus, the Histories, alongside a frequently overlooked aspect of his episcopal career: his restoration of the cathedral church of Tours and St Martin’s basilica following their devastation by fire in the time of his ...
John Merrington
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The Royal Prayerbook’s blood‐staunching charms and early Insular scribal communities
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 181-200, May 2021., 2021 The Royal Prayerbook contains a variety of entries aimed at staunching a flow of blood, three of which are related by a shared poetic motif. An examination of the elements in these texts suggests that all three are a meditation on a scene from the gospels, the healing of the woman with the issue of blood.
Emily Kesling
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Journal of Religious Ethics, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 159-187, March 2021., 2021 Abstract In light of recent reevaluations of the work of Hugo Grotius, this essay analyzes the respective roles of Francisco de Vitoria and Grotius in the construction of the “Grotian tradition” of international law and human rights. In contrast to conventional accounts which understand the two within a progression, this essay argues that Vitoria and ...
John E. Carter
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God's Librarian: Isidore of Seville and his Literary Agenda
, 2019 What I hope to show in the following pages is that Isidore of Seville, seen in the mirror of his own words, aimed not to become catechist to centuries of priests and monks, nor indeed to achieve any great stylistic or generic innovation as such, but to ...
Graham Barrett (17153584)
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Ideas on language in Early Latin Christianity: From Tertullian to Isidore of Seville. By Tim Denecker [PDF]
, 2018 This article reviews Ideas on Language in Early Latin Christianity: From Tertullian to Isidore of ...
Uría Varela, Javier
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Etymology in the Most Important Reference Encyclopedia of Late Antiquity (ca. 600 CE): Isidore of Seville, Etymologies [PDF]
, 2023 On the eve of the Middle Ages, slightly more than one century after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, in Spain under Visigothic rule Latin was still the language of culture and everyday spoken communication.
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The glosses to the first book of the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville [excel datasheet]
, 2021 This excel file contains the raw data behind the digital scholarly edition of the glosses to the first book of the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville published at: https://db.innovatingknowledge.nl ...
Evina Steinova
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