(Source: Cambridge University Press)
Cambridge University
Press is publishing the first English translation based on the original Greek
of Justinian’s Novels later this month.
ABOUT THE BOOK
The novels
comprise a series of laws issued in the sixth century by the famous Emperor
Justinian (r.527-65), along with a number of measures issued by his immediate
successors on the throne of Constantinople. They reveal the evolution of Roman
law at the end of antiquity and how imperial law was transmitted to both the
Byzantine East and Latin West in the Early Middle Ages. Crucially, the texts
cast fascinating light on how litigants of all social backgrounds sought to
appropriate the law and turn it to their advantage, as well as on topics
ranging from the changing status of women to the persecution of homosexuals,
and from the spread of heresy to the economic impact of the first known
outbreak of bubonic plague. This work represents the first English translation
of the novels based on the original Greek, and comes with an extensive
historical and legal commentary.
ABOUT THE EDITOR/TRANSLATOR
Editor: Peter Sarris, University
of Cambridge
Peter Sarris is Reader in Late Roman, Medieval and Byzantine History in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College. His publications include Economy and Society in the Age of Justinian (Cambridge, 2006), Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam (2011), and Byzantium: A Very Short Introduction (2015).
Translator: David
J. D. Miller
David J. D.
Miller was educated in classics and theology and taught Latin and Greek at
Bristol Grammar School (where he was Head of Classics for twenty-one years) and
at the University of Bristol. His previously published translations include the
first-ever English versions of Eusebius' Gospel Problems and Solutions (2011)
and (with Richard Goodrich) of Jerome's Commentary on Ecclesiastes (2012).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Translator's preface David Miller
2. Introduction Peter Sarris
3. Maps
4. Papyrus protocol (as discussed in J.Nov. 44)
5. Novels 1-168
6. Edicts 1-13
7. Appendices 1-9
8. Bibliography.
2. Introduction Peter Sarris
3. Maps
4. Papyrus protocol (as discussed in J.Nov. 44)
5. Novels 1-168
6. Edicts 1-13
7. Appendices 1-9
8. Bibliography.
More information
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