A Textual History of Cicero's Academici Libri
A Textual History of Cicero's Academici Libri

Author: David J. Hunt

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-07-17

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9004351493

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This book addresses the problems surrounding Cicero's Academici Libri, including why the work exists in two different editions, why and when the work became fragmentary, and how it managed to survive. It achieves this by tracing the history and influence of the work from Antiquity to the present day. The main part of the book studies the manuscript tradition of the work. All extant manuscripts are fully described and their textual relationships are established. Historical information is assessed in order to show the part which manuscripts played in intellectual life, conclusions are reached on the archetype of the work and a full stemma of the tradition is built. The book contains a wealth of bibliographical information and will serve as a base for further study in the transmission of Cicero's works.

A Textual History of Cicero's Academici Libri
A Textual History of Cicero's Academici Libri

Author: Terence J. Hunt

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9789004109704

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This book performs for the "Academici Libri" what P.L. Schmidt achieved for the "De legibus" - it studies the entire tradition of the work, including its original publication, its influence in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Renaissance, manuscripts and printed editions.

The Libri Feudorum (the ‘Books of Fiefs’)
The Libri Feudorum (the ‘Books of Fiefs’)

Author: Attilio Stella

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-04-12

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9004529179

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The Libri Feudorum (the ‘books of fiefs’) are the earliest written body of feudal customs in Europe, codified in northern Italy c.1100-1250, which gave rise to feudal law as a branch of civil law. Their role in shaping modern ideas of feudalism has aroused an intense debate among medievalists, leading to deep re-thinking of the ‘feudal’ vocabulary and categories. This book offers an up-to-date English translation with a working Latin text introduced by a historical and historiographical overview of the Libri, thereby providing a valuable tool to understanding the long-standing importance of this collection over nine centuries of European history.