Word and power in mediaeval Bulgaria

Law of Europe > Bulgaria > History of law > Auxiliary sciences > Linguistics. Semantics

Edition Details

Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Ivan Bili?a?rski
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): Netherlands
Publication Information: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011
Publication Type (Medium): Electronic books, History
Material: Document, Internet resource
Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
Series title: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, v. 14.
Permalink: http://books.lawlegal.eu/word-and-power-in-mediaeval-bulgaria/ (Stable identifier)

Additional Format

Print version: Bili?a?rski, Ivan, (Ivan Aleksandrov), 1959- Word and power in mediaeval Bulgaria. Leiden ; Boston: Brill, 2011 (DLC) 2010048895 (OCoLC)688643545

Short Description

1 online resource (X, 582 pages).

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Word and power in mediaeval Bulgaria is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Responsable Person: by Ivan Biliarsky.
Publication Date: 2011
Country/State: Netherlands
Number of Editions: 9 editions
First edition Date: 2011
Last edition Date: 2011
Languages: English
Library of Congress Code: KJM92
Dewey Code: 349.499014
ISBN: 9789004191457 9004191453 9789004181878 9004181873
OCLC: 729754164

Main Contents

Glossary of Mediaeval Bulgarian legal vocabulary
Law, language, and identity
Legal vocabulary related to the supreme state power
Institutions, military and administrative vocabulary
Taxation and fiscal legal concepts and terms
General ecclesiastical vocabulary. Ecclesiastical dignities, orders, and institutions.

Summary Note

The book presents an investigation into the legal language of mediaeval Bulgaria, seen in its own cultural context: the Byzantine Commonwealth. Law and Language are cultural phenomena and their interdependence is closely linked to their civilisation in which they are embedded.

Word and power in mediaeval Bulgaria

Word and power in mediaeval Bulgaria