Law and legality in the greek east the byzantine canonical tradition 381 883 by david wagschal oxford early christian studies pp xx 331 oxford oxford university press 2015 gbp75 978 0 19 872260 1 volume 67 issue 3 richard price. Law and legality in the greek east the byzantine canonical tradition 381 883 david wagschal oxford university press oxford 2015 oxford early christian studies xx 331 pp hardback gbp75 . The introduction begins by outlining the numerous challenges facing the cultural history of byzantine canon law particularly the narratives of primitivism and decadence that have traditionally framed and frustrated research into late roman and byzantine law the introduction reviews the early attempts of figures such as rudolph sohm and biondo biondi to provide more culturally sensitive . Law and legality in the greek east the byzantine canonical tradition 381 883 oxford early christian studies by david wagschal 2015 01 27 david wagschal books amazonca. Byzantine church law remains terra incognita to most scholars in the western academy in this work david wagschal provides a fresh examination of this neglected but fascinating world confronting the traditional narratives of decline and primitivism that have long discouraged study of the subject wagschal argues that a close reading of the central monuments of byzantine canon law c 381 883