Law and Textuality

Cross-cutting theme

This cross-cutting theme deals with the textuality of law in terms of both its linguistic/discursive and material aspects, with a particular focus on the interactions between the internal structure and the contents of a text. Various research projects investigate these questions comparatively on the basis of different groups of sources. For Law and Textuality, these include the barbarian law codes of the sixth to ninth centuries, Byzantine canon law of the seventh to ninth centuries, the leges of the ninth century and the law of the Latin Church in the High and Later Middle Ages.

The equivalent cross-cutting theme for the early modern and modern periods is Law and Textuality II.

Recent activities

Workshop - Law and Text

Jan 23, 2019 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPIeR, Room: Seminarraum des MPI

Reading group "Law and Textuality"

May 7, 2019 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPIeR, Room: Z02

Seminar: "Law and Textuality": Encyclopaedism and law between the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

May 22, 2019 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPIeR, Room: Z01

Seminar: "Law and Textuality": Law as Text – a 'Barbarian' Perspective

Jun 4, 2019 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPIeR, Room: Z01

Workshop Law and Textuality: Crossing Perspectives between Book History and Legal History

Jul 10, 2019 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPIeR, Room: Z01
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