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Law and Power in the Making of the Roman Commonwealth

By: Luigi Capogrossi Colognesi

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Law and Power in the Making of the Roman Commonwealth

By: Luigi Capogrossi Colognesi

A wide-ranging historical account of Roman law and legal institutions which explains how they were created and modified in relation to political developments and changes in power relations. It demonstrates the paramount importance of laws in securing political equilibrium, stability, the integration of conquered peoples and a long-lasting empire.

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1107071976

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9781107071971

Law and Power in the Making of the Roman Commonwealth

By: Luigi Capogrossi Colognesi

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Law and Power in the Making of the Roman Commonwealth

By: Luigi Capogrossi Colognesi

With a broad chronological sweep, this book provides an historical account of Roman law and legal institutions which explains how they were created and modified in relation to political developments and changes in power relations. It underlines the constant tension between two central aspects of Roman politics: the aristocratic nature of the system of government, and the drive for increased popular participation in decision-making and the exercise of power. The traditional balance of power underwent a radical transformation under Augustus, with new processes of integration and social mobility brought into play. Professor Capogrossi Colognesi brings into sharp relief the deeply political nature of the role of Roman juridical science as an expression of aristocratic politics and discusses the imperial jurists' fundamental contribution to the production of an outline theory of sovereignty and legality which would constitute, together with Justinian's gathering of Roman legal knowledge, the most substantial legacy of Rome.

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1316061922

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Between Town and Monastery. Peasant economy in the first millennium AD

By: Luigi Pinchetti

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Between Town and Monastery. Peasant economy in the first millennium AD

By: Luigi Pinchetti

Approaches to early medieval peasantry are often polarized, either enhancing the benefits brought by the weakening of aristocratic dominance or emphasizing the limited prospects for peasant development in the absence of a solid extra-regional trade network. This study offers a long-term overview of the peasant economy throughout the 1st millennium AD in the Upper Volturno Basin, between the town of Isernia and the monastery of San Vincenzo al Volturno. The reader is presented with data collected from two archaeological surveys, and is invited to scrutinize changes in settlement patterns, ancient land use and ceramic distributions while the main economic center shifted from town to monastery. These proxies of economic performance offer a vantage point to reconstruct the history of agrarian production and of exchange networks in Central Italy, opening a novel outlook on peasant social dynamics at a time when the Roman economic system transitioned into the feudal system. The results show that the “golden age of peasants” was an age of experimentation, forcing to reconsider the role of the peasantry in the making of the feudal economy.

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All'Insegna del Giglio

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889285075X

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9788892850750

Book's by Luigi Capogrossi Colognesi

Law and Power in the Making of the Roman Commonwealth

Law and Power in the Making of the Roman Commonwealth

Law and Power in the Making of the Roman Commonwealth

Law and Power in the Making of the Roman Commonwealth

Between Town and Monastery. Peasant economy in the first millennium AD

Between Town and Monastery. Peasant economy in the first millennium AD

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