To make the work accessible to non-specialists and specialists alike, the introduction covers the background and content of the legislation, and reviews the principal institutions of Byzantine rural society: the village communes, the military lands, and the monasteries. [...] The Byzantine countryside in the tenth century 9 1. The village commune 9 A. Pre-emption and prescription 11 B. The survival of the village commune 13 2. The military lands 15 A. The Byzantine army and the military lands 15 B. The aims of the legislation on the military lands 17 3. The monasteries 21 4. The "powerful" and the "poor" 25 A. The terminology 26 B. The dynatoi and the law 28 ill. [...] Scott, The Civil Law Scott, Samuel P. The Civil Law; including the Twelve Tables, the Institutes of Gains, the Rules of Ulpian, the Opinions ofPau- lus, the Enactments of Justinian, and the Constitutions of Leo. [...] The text normally consisted of four parts: theprooimion, a rhetorical preface rehearsing the principles on which the legislation was based; the narmtio, a discussion of the issues involved; the dispositio, stating the corrective measures to be applied; and the epi- logue, justifying the measures taken and enjoining application of the new law. [...] Before we proceed to the immediate concerns and objectives of the novels, the general aims of the land legislation as a whole should be identified: first, to assert the unique authority of the crown and the central government in Constanti- nople, displayed and confirmed by direct taxation and by the adminis- tration of justice down to the level of the village commune and its humb- lest inhabitant;
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Preface 10
- Abbreviations 12
- Maps 14
- Introduction 16
- I. The context of the legislation 16
- 1. The Macedonian Dynasty 16
- 2. The texts of the Macedonian land legislation 18
- 3. The scope and purpose of the legislation 22
- II. The Byzantine countryside in the tenth century 24
- 1. The village commune 24
- 2. The military lands 30
- 3. The monasteries 36
- 4. The "powerful" and the "poor" 40
- Ill. The translations 46
- 1. Editions and supplementary works 46
- 2. Note on Byzantine chronology 48
- Emperors of the Macedonian Dynasty 49
- The Novels of the Macedonian Emperors 50
- A: Leo VI permits the unrestricted alienation of property 50
- B: Romanos Lekapenos revives the law of pre-emption 52
- C: Romanos Lekapenos bars the powerful from the village communes 64
- D: Constantine VII reinforces the laws against the powerful 76
- E: Constantine VII protects the military lands 83
- F: Romanos II clarifies the rules on compensation 92
- G: Constantine VII rules on the restoration of military lands to the stratiotai 97
- H: Nikephoros Phokas rules on land claims and homicide in the Armenian themes 101
- J: Nikephoros Phokas restricts the growth of monasteries 105
- K: Nikephoros Phokas curtails the rights of purchase of the powerful 112
- L: Nikephoros Phokas rules on compensation to the powerful 117
- M: Nikephoros Phokas raises the minimum inalienable value of military lands 119
- N: Basil II repeals Nikephoros Phokas's legislation on the monasteries 124
- O: Basil II takes up the defence of the poor and the village communes 126
- Glossary of Terms 148
- Bibliography 149
- Index 158
- A 158
- B 158
- C 158
- D 158
- E 159
- F 159
- G 159
- H 159
- I 159
- J 159
- K 159
- L 159
- M 159
- N 160
- O 160
- P 160
- R 160
- S 160
- T 161
- V 161
- Z 161
