Rediscovering the hidden structure. A new appreciation of Juristic texts and Pat...
Rediscovering the hidden structure. A new appreciation of Juristic texts and Patterns of thought in Late Antiquity.
The aim of REDHIS is to write a new history of the Roman legal culture in Late Antiquity. The project will focus on the elements which display the persistence of a legal culture of high level. Two are the main aspects that will b...
ver más
¿Tienes un proyecto y buscas un partner? Gracias a nuestro motor inteligente podemos recomendarte los mejores socios y ponerte en contacto con ellos. Te lo explicamos en este video
Proyectos interesantes
AntCoCo
Understanding Late Antique Top Down Communication a Study o...
2M€
Cerrado
AFRICANON
The African Origins of Western Canon Law. An Investigation i...
199K€
Cerrado
HiddenLaw
The Hidden Laws Matrimonial Law in Non Legal Eastern Christ...
100K€
Cerrado
LAWS
Legal Annotations Within Scandinavia
231K€
Cerrado
DIVLAW
How God Became a Lawgiver The Place of the Torah in Ancient...
3M€
Cerrado
FFI2015-65118-C2-2-P
EL AUTOR BIZANTINO II: TRANSMISION DE LOS TEXTOS Y BIBLIOTEC...
32K€
Cerrado
Fecha límite de participación
Sin fecha límite de participación.
Descripción del proyecto
The aim of REDHIS is to write a new history of the Roman legal culture in Late Antiquity. The project will focus on the elements which display the persistence of a legal culture of high level. Two are the main aspects that will be researched. First, a comprehensive understanding of legal culture has to include the study of the legal texts’ manuscript transmission. Although in Late Antiquity few works were composed anew, the books of the main classical jurists of previous centuries were copied, read and studied in the school and in the courts. A full appreciation of the remains of such copies in papyri and parchment – which has been neglected here so far – will explain how the lawyers of the 4th and 5th centuries AD kept in touch with the achievements of previous jurists. Secondly, Late Antiquity is considered to be the epoch of the emperors’ legislation, in opposition to the previous epoch dominated by private jurists. Nevertheless, a thorough analysis of the motivations of the emperors’ decisions will show the mental proceeding of the lawgivers and, at the same time, will show a deep relationship with the works of the roman jurists.
The project will be developed, under the direction of the PI, by three research teams, with a strong cross-disciplinary composition. A wide collection of papyri and parchments will be edited, as a basis for a new interpretation, which will be the second part of the project. REDHIS will organize a series of workshops with the participation of scholars from different European countries. A final international conference on the legal culture in Late Antiquity will disseminate into the scientific community the results of the research.
Four publications will be produced: a collection of the jurists' writings that have come down to us in direct tradition, i.e. outside the Digest; a monograph on the history and geography of Late Antique legal literature; a book on Justinian as a lawgiver; the proceedings of the international conference.