Book of the Eparch

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The Book of the Eparch is a Byzantine legal and administrative manual that regulates the organization, duties, and commercial activities of guilds and officials in Constantinople.

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Book of the Eparch canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine law source
Byzantine legal manual
administrative manual
medieval legal text
appliesTo Byzantine urban economy
Constantinople NERFINISHED
associatedWithOffice Eparch of Constantinople NERFINISHED
associatedWithRuler Leo VI the Wise NERFINISHED
concerns commercial law
craft organization
economic regulation
state control of trade
urban administration
countryOfOrigin Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
dateOfComposition 10th century
definesDutiesOf Eparch of Constantinople NERFINISHED
definesPowersOf Eparch of Constantinople NERFINISHED
genre administrative handbook
legal code
hasPart chapters on specific trades
regulations for craftsmen
regulations for merchants
rules on inspections
rules on punishments for violations
historicalPeriod Middle Byzantine period NERFINISHED
influences study of Byzantine economic history
language Medieval Greek
legalSystem Byzantine law NERFINISHED
originalLanguage Greek
placeOfPublication Constantinople NERFINISHED
preservedIn medieval manuscript tradition
regulates commercial activities in Constantinople
duties of guild officials
duties of urban magistrates
guilds in Constantinople
market practices
prices
quality control of goods
urban trades
sourceFor history of Constantinople
history of medieval guilds
subject Byzantine economy
Byzantine guilds
Byzantine trade
urban governance
usedFor control of economic life in Constantinople
regulation of guilds
regulation of markets

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Leo VI the Wise notableWork Book of the Eparch