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To Date and Not to Date
Thomas Ernst van Bochove
Thomas Ernst Bochove
其他書名
On the Date and Status of Byzantine Law Books
出版
E. Forsten
, 1996
主題
Antiques & Collectibles / Books
History / Ancient / General
History / Civilization
Law / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
Law / Legal History
Law / Reference
Reference / Bibliographies & Indexes
ISBN
9069800969
9789069800967
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=L8qRAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Scientific reserach implies progress. Sometimes, however, progress merely consists of a step back to the past, as in the case of the dating of the Prochiron, one of the Byzantine law books dealt with in this study. Recently, progress seemed to imply that the Prochiron had been issued by Leo the Wise in the year 907. This book sets out to show that the Prochiron was promulgated by Basil the Macedonian in the years 870-879, thus confirming the view of Karl Eduard Zachariä von Lingenthal, one of the first scholars who paved a way in the 'ungodly jumble' of Byzantine law books. Of course, the present study does not exclusively deal with the dating of law books: their status appeared to be inextricably bound up with their dating. Moreover, recent research has come up with results that shed new light on the Basilica and the Novels of Leo the Wise. Reason enough to investigate Leo's legislative intentions..... To date and not to date, that is the issue in the realm of Byzantine legal history.