Byzantine Religious Law in Medieval Italy

by James Morton

Book Overview

Southern Italy was conquered by the Norman Hauteville dynasty in the late eleventh century after over five hundred years of continuous Byzantine rule. At a stroke, the region's Greek Christian inhabitants were cut off from their Orthodox compatriots in Byzantium and became subject to the spiritual and legal jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic popes. Nonetheless, they continued to follow the religious laws of the Byzantine church; out of thirty-six...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198861141
• ISBN13: 9780198861140
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.5"