Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor
Description: Surveys the legal system of Europe from the late crisis of the Roman Empire to the late four- teenth century. Explores the premedieval legal her- itage of Europe (Roman law, early canon law, custom- ary laws of various peoples), transformations of that heritage in the central Middle Ages (revival of Roman and canon law, custom and legislation, use and aban- donment of the ordeal), and the relationship between the resulting legal systems and royal authority. Primary sources are the central component of the course materials.