ABSTRACT: The essay focuses on the usage of the term misericordia in the postclassical and justinian legislation. The study shows how, in the imperial legislation and, more so, in the justinian’s legislation of the Code and Novels, the term misericordia acquires a polysemous value, unknown to classical sources, in a framework where human mercy, a feature of jurisprudence during the Principate, is accompanied by divine mercy, which comes to light forcefully in the elaboration of Justinians chancellery at the end of the post-classical period.
Giovanni Luchetti (2017). La misericordia nella legislazione tardoantica e giustinianea. KOINONIA, 41, 167-181.
La misericordia nella legislazione tardoantica e giustinianea
Giovanni Luchetti
2017
Abstract
ABSTRACT: The essay focuses on the usage of the term misericordia in the postclassical and justinian legislation. The study shows how, in the imperial legislation and, more so, in the justinian’s legislation of the Code and Novels, the term misericordia acquires a polysemous value, unknown to classical sources, in a framework where human mercy, a feature of jurisprudence during the Principate, is accompanied by divine mercy, which comes to light forcefully in the elaboration of Justinians chancellery at the end of the post-classical period.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
