"The Roman aristocracy had a great talent for law, which is not surprising. In aristocratic, militaristic, landed society, the interests of the ruling class can be expressed in terms of law. Law cannot deal with perceptions or emotions - with love, beauty, joy, or sadness - but it deals well with family property, state power, class privilege, and military force."
Norman F. Cantor; The Civilization of The Middle Ages, 1993.
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