Traditions and Encounters, 4th Edition (Bentley)

Chapter 13: THE COMMONWEALTH OF BYZANTIUM

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Procopius: from 'History of the Wars' On Racing Factions
Procopius on the violent rivalry between the blue and green chariot racing fans.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/procop-factions.html )
Codex Justinianus: Protection of Freewomen Married to Servile Husbands
Selection from Justinian's Code on marriage.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/codexVIl-24-i.html )
Liudprand of Cremona (c.922-c.972): Embassy to Constantinople, 963
Holy Roman Empire's ambassador to the Byzantine Empire describes his mission to the imperial court at Constantinople.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/liudprand-embassy-excerpts.html )
The Farmers Law, Seventh-Eighth Centuries
Law regulating the free peasants of the Byzantine Empire.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/farmerslaw.html )
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