Word and power in mediaeval Bulgaria / / by Ivan Biliarsky.

• Superior document: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, volume 14
• Author: Bili͡arski, Ivan 1959-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2011.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 14.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (592 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction The Bulgarian Legal Vocabulary During The Middle Ages: Outlining The Problem. Objectives And Tasks Of The Study /; Abbreviations /; Chapter One. Glossary Of Mediaeval Bulgarian Legal Vocabulary /; Chapter Two. Law, Language, And Identity /; Chapter Three. Legal Vocabulary Related To The Supreme State Power /; Chapter Four. Institutions, Military And Administrative Vocabulary /; Chapter Five. Taxation And Fiscal Legal Concepts And Terms /; Chapter Six. General Ecclesiastical Vocabulary. Ecclesiastical Dignities, Orders And Institutions /; Conclusion /; Bibliography /; Index Of Names And Places /; Greek Index /; Old Cyrillic Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [523]-537) and indexes.
• ISBN: 1283120259; 9786613120250; 9004181873
• ISSN: 1872-8103
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Ivan Biliarsky.

The law is a cultural phenomenon that impacts on the whole normative system of a civilisation and finally its core values. It is part of and simultaneously protector of these values. As such the law is in close relation with identity and with one of its main transmitters - the language. Every civilisation has a law code that should be common to all its parts and members and should be based on a common lexis. This book presents a case study in the legal terminology of mediaeval Bulgaria displayed against the broader background of the Byzantine civilisation to which the country belonged. It is accompanied by a glossary of the juridical lexis that is not only an example but forms the very basis of the researc project.