The medieval origins of the legal profession : canonists, civilians, and courts / James A. Brundage.
The medieval origins of the legal profession : canonists, civilians, and courts / James A. Brundage.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2008.
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N340.55/5
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English
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xvii, 607 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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The foundation : the Roman legal profession -- Law without lawyers : the early Middle Ages -- The legal revival of the twelfth century -- Church courts, civil procedure, and the professionalization of law -- Pre-professional lawyers in twelfth-century church courts -- The formation of an educated el...
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2008.
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Illinois
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c2008.
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"In the aftermath of sixth-century barbarian invasions, the legal profession that had grown and flourished during the Roman Empire vanished. Nonetheless, professional lawyers suddenly reappeared in western Europe seven hundred years later during the 1230s when church councils and public authorities began to impose a body of ethical obligations on t...
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The medieval origins of the legal profession : canonists, civilians, and courts / James A. Brundage.
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Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [493]-578) and indexes.
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c2008.
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N340.55/5
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74VM0JwGADyl
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9780226077598 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226077594 (cloth : alk. paper)
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340.55
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991001698849702626