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The Settlement of Disputes in Early Medieval Europe

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In this paper, Wood et al. discuss land disputes in late fifth and sixth-century Gaul: some problems Ian Wood 2. "Placita" and the settlement of disputes in later Merovingian Francia Paul Fouracre 3. Dispute settlement in Carolingian West Francia Janet L. Nelson 4. People and places in dispute in ninth-century Brittany Wendy Davies 5. Visigothic law and regional custom in disputes in early medieval Spain Roger Collins 6. Land disputes and their social framework in Lombard-Carolingian Italy, 700-900 Chris
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List of figures Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1. Disputes in late fifth- and sixth-century Gaul: some problems Ian Wood 2. 'Placita' and the settlement of disputes in later Merovingian Francia Paul Fouracre 3. Dispute settlement in Carolingian West Francia Janet L. Nelson 4. People and places in dispute in ninth-century Brittany Wendy Davies 5. Visigothic law and regional custom in disputes in early medieval Spain Roger Collins 6. Land disputes and their social framework in Lombard-Carolingian Italy, 700-900 Chris Wickham 7. Dispute settlement in the Byzantine provinces in the tenth century Rosemary Morris 8. Charters, law and the settlement of disputes in Anglo-Saxon England Patrick Wormald 9. Dispute settlement in medieval Ireland: a preliminary inquiry Richard Sharpe 10. An early modern postscript: the Sandlaw dispute, 1546 Jenny Wormald Conclusion Appendix Glossary edited by Jane Carpenter Index.

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