- Between Ostrogothic and Carolingian Italy
- A cura di Fabrizio Oppedisano
Roman Law in the regnum Italiae under the Emperor Lothar I (817‒855): Epitomes, Manuscripts, and Carolingian Legislation
- Stefan Esders
- © 2022 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3.05
“Roman law” could mean very different things in the Carolingian period, and refers to a great variety of legal texts. This becomes particularly visible from the abbreviated versions of Roman law that were produced and circulated since the 6th century. The paper contrasts the so-called Epitome Aegidii, a Gallic compilation based on the Breviary of the Visigothic King Alaric II, with the so-called Epitome Iuliani, a short version of the novels of the Emperor Justinian, as both abbreviated compilations were used in the regnum Italiae under the Frankish Emperor Lothar I for legislation and legal practice. Both compilations attest to different aspects of the Roman legal tradition, and to the divergent purposes of the Frankish rulers when trying to make use of Roman law. Surprisingly, we also find elements of Ostrogothic law incorporated into what was perceived of in Carolingian Italy as the manifold resources of the Roman legal tradition.
- Keywords:
- Early Middle Ages,
- Lothar I,
- Roman Law,
- Edictum Theoderici,
- Capitulary Legislation,
- Legal Pluralism,
- Legal Manuscripts,
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany - ORCID: 0000-0001-8436-7480
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Titolo del capitolo
Roman Law in the regnum Italiae under the Emperor Lothar I (817‒855): Epitomes, Manuscripts, and Carolingian Legislation
Autori
Stefan Esders
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3.05
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
Copyright
© 2022 Author(s)
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Informazioni bibliografiche
Titolo del libro
Between Ostrogothic and Carolingian Italy
Sottotitolo del libro
Survivals, revivals, ruptures
Curatori
Fabrizio Oppedisano
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
262
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
Copyright
© 2022 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-663-6
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-664-3
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-666-7
Collana
Reti Medievali E-Book
ISSN della collana
2704-6362
e-ISSN della collana
2704-6079