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LSAA01 29/05/2001 10:45 AM Page i LAW, SOCIETY, AND AUTHORITY IN LATE ANTIQUITY LSAA01 29/05/2001 10:45 AM Page ii LSAA01 29/05/2001 10:45 AM Page iii Law, Society, and Authority in Late Antiquity Edited by RALPH W. MATHISEN 1 LSAA01 29/05/2001 10:45 AM Page iv 3 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. 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Ruricius nostris facibus dulcique veneno tactus votivum suspirat corde dolorem. esset si praesens aetas, impenderet illi Lemnias imperium, Cressa stamen labyrinthi, Alceste vitam, Circe herbas, poma Calypso, Scylla comas, Atalanta pedes, Medea furores, Hippodame ceras, cygno Iove nata coronam, huic Dido in ferrum, simul in suspendia Phyllis, Evadne in flammas et Sestias isset in undas . . . Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina . – LSAA01 29/05/2001 10:45 AM Page vi LSAA01 29/05/2001 10:45 AM Page vii Preface The sixteen studies presented below are the culmination of the work of participants at the second biannual ‘Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity’ conference, held at the Univer- sity of South Carolina in March, . All but one, that of the volume’s editor, were presented orally at the conference, and all have undergone further extensive restyling and revi- sion, not only as a result of discussions at the conference but also so as to fit the theme of this volume. Both the conference and this collection could not have been produced without the lavish assistance of both individuals and institutions. The conference was generously funded by The College of Liberal Arts, The Office of the Provost, and the Departments of History, English, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and French and Classics, all of the University of South Carolina. Dr Peter Becker, Chair of the Department of History at the time, was especially forthcoming with both financial and moral support. Additional thanks are due to the USC Late Antiquity graduate student corps of Timothy Cox, Allen Jones, Tracy Keefer (who also served as Administrat- ive Assistant), Walter Roberts, and Wendell Tate, for doing yeoman service ranging from registration work to chauf- feuring duties. The production of this volume itself bene- fited at an early stage from the editorial advice of Gillian Clark, Jill Harries, and Hagith Sivan; and particular thanks are due to Gillian for her coordination across the water with Oxford University Press. Thanks are also extended to the two anonymous referees for the press whose criticisms and encouragement resulted in a much finer final product. It also goes without saying that without the unflagging encourage- ment, cogent advice, and genuine interest of Hilary O’Shea, Classics Editor for Oxford University Press, this book never could have been produced. And finally, profound thanks and LSAA01 29/05/2001 10:45 AM Page viii viii Preface appreciation are extended to the authors, whose commitment to creating studies of high scholarly merit (while at the same time putting up with my pestering, badgering, and occasional alteration of their deathless prose) is most truly appreciated. Columbia, SC July LSAA01 29/05/2001 10:45 AM Page ix Contents Preface vii List of Contributors xi Abbreviations xii Introduction PART I. Law and the Manifestations of New Authority . Interpreting the Interpretationes of the Breviarium John F. Matthews . The Survival of Roman Family Law after the Barbarian Settlements Antti Arjava . The Legacy of Roman Law in Post-Roman Britain Michael E. Jones . Resolving Disputes: The Frontiers of Law in Late Antiquity Jill D. Harries . Evidence for the Audientia episcopalis in the New Letters of Augustine Noel E. Lenski . Judicial Violence and the Ecclesiastical Courts in Late Antique North Africa Leslie Dossey . The Development of Syriac Christian Canon Law in the Sasanian Empire Victoria Erhart
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