Las Siete Partidas, Volume 2 : : Medieval Government: The World of Kings and Warriors (Partida II) / / ed. by Robert I. Burns, S.J.

Las Siete Partidas, or Seven Divisions, is the major law code of thirteenth-century Spain, compiled by Alfonso X the Learned of Castile. Seven centuries later, this compendium of legal and customary information remains the foundation of modern Spanish law. In addition, its influence is notable in th...

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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012]
©2001
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:The Middle Ages Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction to the Second Partida
  • Analytical Table of Contents
  • Partida II: Text in Translation
  • Introduction
  • Title I. Which Treats of Emperors, and Kings, and Other Great Lords
  • TITLE II. What the King Should Be in the Knowledge, Love, and Fear of God
  • TITLE III. What the King Should Be in Himself, and Especially in His Thoughts
  • TITLE IV. What a King Should Be in His Speech
  • TITLE V. What a King Should Be in His Works
  • TITLE VI. What a King Should Be to His Wife and She to Him
  • TITLE VII. What a King Should Be to His Children, and They to Him
  • TITLE VIII. What a King Should Be to His Other Relatives, and They to Him
  • TITLE IX. What a King Should Be to His Officers, and to the Members of His Household and His Court, and What They Should Be to Him
  • TITLE X. How the King Should Act in His Intercourse With All Those in His Dominions
  • TITLE XI. How the King Should Act Toward His Country
  • TITLE XII. How the People Should Act in Order to Know, Love, and Fear God and Their King
  • TITLE XIII. How the People Should Act in Knowing, Honoring, and Protecting the King
  • TITLE XIV. How the People Should Act in the Protection of the King, His Wife, His Children, and His Other Female Relatives, as Well as the Governesses, Waiting.Maids, and Other Women Who Accompany the Queen
  • TITLE XV. How the People Should Act in Protecting the King in His Children
  • TITLE XVI. How the People Should Protect the King in the Persons of His Officials, Not Only Those Belonging to His Court But Those Who Resort to It
  • TITLE XVII. How the People Should Act Towards the King in the Protection of His Movables and Immovables, Which Are Used for His Maintenance
  • TITLE XVIII. How the People Should Act, in Guarding, in Furnishing with Provisions, and in Defending, the Castles and Fortresses Belonging to the King and the Kingdom
  • TITLE XIX. How the People Should Act in Protecting the King From His Enemies
  • TITLE XX. How the People Should Act Towards the Country of Which They Are Natives
  • TITLE XXI. Concerning Knights, and the Things Which It Is Proper for Them to Do
  • TITLE XXII. Concerning Commanders, Light Cavalry, and Foot-Soldiers
  • TITLE XXIII. Concerning the War Which All Persons on Earth Should Engage in
  • TITLE XXIV. Concerning War Waged on the Sea
  • TITLE XXV. Concerning Rewards, Called in Spain Compensation
  • TITLE XXVI. Concerning the Share Which Men Should Have of What Is Obtained in War
  • TITLE XXVII. Concerning Rewards and How They Should Be Given
  • TITLE XXVIII. How Men Who Engage in Warfare Should Be Warned and Punished on Account of the Offenses Which They Commit
  • TITLE XXIX. Concerning Captives and Their Property, and Fortified Places Which Fall Into the Hands of the Enemy
  • TITLE xxx. Concerning Redeemers of Captives, and What They Are Required to Do
  • TITLE XXXI. On Schools Where the Sciences Are Learned, and Concerning Masters and Pupils