The Costuma d'Agen
a thirteenth-century customary compilation in old Occitan transcribed from the Livre juratoire
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Word Count
29,500 words, Guess
Page Count
118 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-102503519202
- ISBN-139782503519203
- Library of Congress Control Number2011372862
- OCLC Control Number427319802
- Better World Books9782503519203
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL24824442M
Classifications
- DDC940.1
- LCCKJV268 .A54 2010
- LCCKJV268.A54 2010
Description
"The "Costuma d'Agen" (customary laws of the Agenais, in south-west France) compiled in Occitan at various times in the thirteenth century and preserved in the "Livre Juratoire", or swearing copy (Bibliothèque municipale d'Agen, MS 42), is here transcribed with an English translation on facing pages. An introduction and an index are included. Appendices provide the text of five chapters 'missing' from this manuscript, along with several pertinent charters from Agen and a fuller description of the "Livre juratoire" by Professor M. Alison Stones. The "Costuma" emphasizes the power of the local city council, which often seems to override that of the local count. The laws or customs written in the book deal with many topics including jurisdiction, citizenship and military duties, crime, property, civil and criminal procedure, the local wine and salt trades, and local feudal law"--Page 4 of cover.
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Series Statement
- Publications de l'Association internationale d'études occitanes (PAIEO) -- 5
- Publications de l'Association internationale d'études occitanes -- 5.
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