The Liber Augustalis was born of no grand design but of the demands of government. This body of law marked a moment of triumph in the long and frustrating struggle by which Frederick attempted to establish his royal authority in the Kingdom of Sicily. Frederick had smashed rebellions by the Muslim population and by the nobility, while he systematically negotiated with the clergy over disputed domains. It was as a victorious king and emperor that he ordered the compilation of the Liber Augustalis --a cornerstone of royal ...
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The Liber Augustalis was born of no grand design but of the demands of government. This body of law marked a moment of triumph in the long and frustrating struggle by which Frederick attempted to establish his royal authority in the Kingdom of Sicily. Frederick had smashed rebellions by the Muslim population and by the nobility, while he systematically negotiated with the clergy over disputed domains. It was as a victorious king and emperor that he ordered the compilation of the Liber Augustalis --a cornerstone of royal authority--in part a summing up of the previous legal efforts of the monarchy, in part a significant move beyond the limitations of previous legislation. The Liber Augusta is blended many disparate influences into a common body of law. The existing legal traditions--Lombard, Byzantine, and Norman--the Canon law of the Church, and the learning of the Bolognese scholars, especially Master Petrus Della Vigna, provided sources on which Frederick could draw, but the laws represent the viewpoint of the monarchy rather than those of the powerful groups within the kingdom--Church, nobility, and towns whose interests were often counter to those of the king. Ultimately events proved that the greatest danger to Frederick's rule lay not in the kingdom itself but in the determination of the papacy and the Roman curia to prevent Sicily from becoming the seat of empire in Italy. In 1231, however, when Frederick was formulating his imperial policy, the first priority lay in establishing the strongest posture for monarchy.
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Very good in very good jacket. Gray cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, frontispiece in b&w, otherwise not illustrated. Book has mild shelfwear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout, foxing to edges of block, basement odor. DJ rubbed, mild wear to spine ends and corners, soil, front flap price clipped.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. There are small tears along the edges of the dust jacket. The book has a slight amount of shelf wear. Text in English, Latin. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 202 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Very Good. Size: 9x6x0; Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket. Good binding and cover. Owner's name on front end page, else unmarked. xxxviii, 163 p. : 24 cm. This first translation of the Liber Augustalis from Latin into a modern language makes one of the most important sources for medieval legal and social history available to a wide audience. These constitutions reveal not merely the warp and woof of the fabric of life in the Kingdom of Sicily but also help us to the understand better some of the social and political changes that most affected Western Europe."-Syracuse University Press.
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Fine. Text in English, Latin. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 202 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall A beautiful crisp clean hardcover copy in fine condition. DJ in very good condition with faint sunning to spine, now in protective mylar cover.
