Legal Pluralism and Social Change in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages: A Conference in Honor of John Haldon (3) (Studien Zur Europaischen Rechtsgeschichte, 337)

Throughout his career, Professor John Haldon has been a hinge between different academic cultures, methods, and disciplines. A true scholar of Byzantine society, he has combined meticulous work on texts and material evidence with a holistic approach to social history that has connected the study of the Byzantine world to new methodological perspectives and ever wider horizons for comparison with other political systems and structures across the European and Islamic worlds, from late ancient to early modern times. Based on a conference organized at the Center for Collaborative History of Princeton University in 2018, this book takes stock of Haldon's approach by focusing on the history of law and legal culture in the transformation of the Roman world. Front Cover 1 Impressum 5 Contents 8 Abbreviations 10 Preface 14 A. Cameron: John Haldon – From Birmingham (England) to Princeton 16 Chr. Wickham: Thoughts about John Haldon 34 S. Cosentino: Wealth, Lobbying and Religion in the Age of Theodosius II: Cyril of Alexandria’s Presents 38 B. Daskas: “The Dawn of Christian Icons” in Late Antique Egypt: Beliefs, Practices, and Local Customs in a Changing Society 56 T.P.Newfield et al.: Proxies for Plague? New Approaches in Studying the Causes and Consequences of the First Plague Pandemic 78 H. Reimitz: From Roman "Rechtsgewohnheiten" to the Post-Roman Law-codes 132 B. Stolte: The Case of the Disappointed Husband: Twins, the Code, Thalelaios, and the Basilica 152 Z. Chitwood: The ‘Part for the Soul’ (psychikon) and the Commemoration of the Dead in Byzantine Law 166 W. Brandes: The Marvelous Year 692 – A Hub of Historical Processes 190 D. Fernández: Reputable Slaves and Visigothic Law 244 M. Kaplan: Loi et société à l’époque mésobyzantine 264 C. Zuckerman: Les scholes d’Orient du Bas-Empire à Byzance 286 J. Shepard: Laws of Nations, Border Treaties and Roman Override 314 J.-C. Cheynet: Le corps des juges à Byzance (IXe–XIe siècle) 338 A.D. Beihammer: Treaty Making and Legal Concepts in Byzantine-Latin Diplomacy in the Time of the First Crusade 360 C. Rapp: Between Law and Liturgy: Regulating Ritual Brotherhood 382 I. Wood: Towards a Temple Society 394 W.Ch. Jordan: Louis IX’s Conversion Project: Another Piece of the Puzzle 406 W. Pohl: Legal Pluralism in Lombard Italy 416 Contributors 438 Index 440