Law and Society in the Visigothic Kingdom, P. D. King's 1972 study from Cambridge University Press, is a scholarly close reading of the surviving Visigothic legal codes against the society that produced them. Its strength is that close primary-text engagement. Its limit is its age, over fifty years; it remains a standard reference on the legal texts themselves, though later scholarship should be consulted for the most current interpretation of Visigothic religious policy specifically.
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P. D. King's Law and Society in the Visigothic Kingdom, published by Cambridge University Press in 1972, the top tier reflecting a scholarly close reading of the surviving Visigothic legal codes against the society that produced them. Its limit is its age, over fifty years; it remains a standard reference on the legal texts themselves, though later scholarship should be consulted for the most current interpretation of Visigothic religious policy specifically. NotesScholarly study of law and society in the Visigothic kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 1972.
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AuthorP. D. King
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication Year1972
Source Typeacademic monograph
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Councils and Synods, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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