Long out of print, the English translation of Las Siete Partidas-first commissioned in 1931 by the American Bar Association-returns in a superior new edition. Editor and distinguished medieval historian Robert I. Burns, S.J., provides critical historical material in a new general Introduction and extensive introductions to each Partida. Jerry Craddock of the University of California, Berkeley, provides updated bibliographical notes, and Joseph O'Callaghan of Fordham University contributes a section on law in Alfonso's time.
Las Siete Partidas is presented in five volumes, each available separately:
The Medieval Church, Volume 1: The World of Clerics and Laymen (Partida I)
Medieval Government, Volume 2: The World of Kings and Warriors (Partida II)
The Medieval World of Law, Volume 3: Lawyers and Their Work (Partida III)
Family, Commerce, and the Sea, Volume 4: The Worlds of Women and Merchants (Partidas IV and V)
Underworlds, Volume 5: The Dead, the Criminal, and the Marginalized (Partidas VI and VII)
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