TY - BOOK ID - 3266234 TI - Legal practice and the written word in the early middle ages : Frankish formulae, c. 500-1000 PY - 2009 VL - 75 SN - 9780521514996 0521514991 9780511581359 9781107402836 9780511540714 051154071X 0511581351 1107190371 128215561X 9786612155611 051154037X 0511538936 0511538103 0511539770 1107402832 9781107190375 6612155612 9780511538933 9780511538100 9780511539770 PB - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Law, Frankish KW - Formularies (Diplomatics) KW - Forms (Frankish law) KW - Droit franc KW - Formulaires (Diplomatique) KW - Formulaires (Droit franc) KW - History KW - Sources. KW - Histoire KW - Sources KW - Early works to 1800 KW - Early works to 1800. KW - 091:34 KW - 930.22 KW - Handschriften i.v.m. recht KW - Bronnenstudie. Oorkondenleer. Diplomatiek KW - 930.22 Bronnenstudie. Oorkondenleer. Diplomatiek KW - 091:34 Handschriften i.v.m. recht KW - Franconian law KW - Frankish law KW - Law KW - Law, Franconian KW - Diplomatics KW - Forms (Law) KW - Franks KW - Law and legislation KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Law, Frankish - History - To 1500 KW - Formularies (Diplomatics) - Early works to 1800 KW - Forms (Frankish law) - History - To 1500 KW - Law, Frankish - Sources UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3266234 AB - Legal formularies are books of model legal documents compiled by early medieval scribes for their own use and that of their pupils. A major source for the history of early medieval Europe, they document social relations beyond the narrow world of the political elite. Formularies offer much information regarding the lives of ordinary people: sales and gifts of land, divorces, adoptions, and disputes over labour as well as theft, rape or murder. Until now, the use of formularies as a historical source has been hampered by severe methodological problems, in particular through the difficulty of establishing a precise chronological or geographical context for them. By examining Frankish legal formularies from the Merovingian and Carolingian periods, this book provides an invaluable, detailed analysis of the problems and possibilities associated with formularies, and will be required reading for scholars of early medieval history. ER -