The Theodosian Code : studies in the imperial law of late antiquity

List of contributors 5 Introduction: The Background to the Code Jill Harries 6 Part I. Compilation 22 Introductory Note (Jill Harries) 22 1. The Making of the Text (John Matthews) 24 2. The Sources of the Code (Boudewijn Sirks) 50 3. Some Quaestors of the Reign of Theodosius II (Tony Honore) 73 Part II. Constantine, Christianity and the Code 100 Introductory Note (Jill Harries) 100 4. Hidden from History: the legislation of Licinius (Simon Corcoran) 102 5. Constantine and Imperial Legislation on the Family (Judith Evans Grubbs) 125 6. Christianising the Roman Empire: the evidence of the Code (David Hunt) 148 Part III. Nachleben: the Code in the Middle Ages 164 Introductory Note (Ian Wood) 164 7. The Code in Merovingian Gaul (Ian Wood) 166 8. The Origins of the Collectio Sirmondiana: a new look at the evidence (Mark Vessey) 183 9. From Benedict to Gratian: the Code in medieval ecclesiastical authors (Dafydd Walters) 205 Epilogue 222 10. Mommsen's Encounter with the Code (Brian Croke) 222 Bibliography 245 Index 259