Here presented for the first time in English are the law codes of the Lombard kings who ruled Italy from the sixth to the eighth centuries. The documents afford unparalleled insight into the structure and values of Germanic society.
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About the author
Katherine Fischer Drew is Lynette S. Autrey Professor of History Emerita at Rice University and is translator of The Burgundian Code, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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