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dr. mr. D. (Daphne) Penna

Assistant professor (University lecturer) / researcher Byzantine Law
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Research interests

Byzantine Law, Roman Law 

Publications

Byzantine Law: The Law of the Eastern Roman Empire

Penna, D., 26-Jan-2026, Cambridge University Press. 75 p. (Elements in Rethinking Byzantium)

Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic › peer-review

A Companion to Byzantine Law: From the Foundation of Constantinople (330) until the End of the Macedonian Dynasty (1056)

Papagianni, E. & Penna, D. (Editor), Jul-2025, Brill. 418 p. (Brill's Companions to the Byzantine World; vol. 15)

Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic › peer-review

Book review of Alasdair C. Grant, Greek Captives and Mediterranean Slavery, 1260–1460

Penna, D., Dec-2025, In: American historical review. 130, 4, p. 1752–1753 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Academic

Classical Literature in Byzantine Legal Sources

Penna, D., 2025, In: Subseciva Groningana. 2025, XII, p. 111-131 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Keeping up appearances: Byzantine perspectives of ‘legality’ and the Italians

Penna, D., 2025, Revisiting the Byzantine Commonwealth: Nodes, Networks, and Spheres. Shepard, J. & Frankopan, P. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 80-90 11 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

Law Teaching at the Time of Justinian

Penna, D., 8-Jul-2025, A Companion to Byzantine Law: From the Foundation of Constantinople (330) until the End of the Macedonian Dynasty (1056). Papagianni, E. & Penna, D. (eds.). Brill, p. 134-153 20 p. (Brill’s Companions to the Byzantine World; vol. 15).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

Subseciva Groningana XII

Penna, D. (Editor), 2025, In: Subseciva Groningana. XII

Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue editing › Academic › peer-review

Νομική παιδεία στο βυζάντιο και επιδράσεις του βυζαντινού δικαίου

Penna, D., 2025, In: Yearbook of the Research Centre for the History of Greek Law. 52, p. 295-307 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic

Homer, Jan Lokin and Byzantine law

Penna, D., 2024, In: Annali del Seminario Giuridico dell’Università degli Studi di Palermo. 67, p. 49-56 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic

Spyros N. Troianos (18 July 1933 – 27 January 2024)

Penna, D., 21-Mar-2024, In: Byzantinische Zeitschrift. 117, 1, p. 240-242 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic

Press/media

Podcast: Byzantine law, its experts, and its languages, with Daphne Penna

Penna, D.

16/11/2023

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Τhe 1st annual lecture of the series ‘Byzantine Talks Netherlands Institute Athens’

Penna, D.

22/05/2023

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Academic

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