by Emma Southon
Amsterdam University Press, 2017
Paper: 978-94-6298-035-8 | eISBN: 978-90-485-2961-2
Library of Congress Classification HQ513.S68 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.1

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
By the end of the fifth century, with the structural collapse of the Roman Empire in the west, Western Europe had fallen into the so-called Dark Ages. With the power of Rome removed, the Catholic Church stepped in to fill the void. Its political rise, alongside that of the Germanic kingdoms, led to dramatic changes in law, politics, power, and culture. Against the backdrop of that upheaval, the family became a vitally important area of focus for cultural struggles related to morality, law, and tradition. This book explores those battles in order to demonstrate, through the family, the intersections between Roman and Christian legal culture, thought, and political power.

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