Eclogue ton nomon

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The Eklogē tōn nomōn ( Greek  Ἐκλογὴ τῶν νόμων = extract from the laws) is a code of law of the Byzantine emperor Leon III, which has been handed down in around 25 manuscripts . and Konstantinos V , which was promulgated in March 741 .

It is a short selection from the Corpus iuris civilis , the complexity of which should be "improved to greater philanthropy" (so the rubric) through simplicity. However, the work also contains - especially in marriage and criminal law - independent, sometimes Christian rules. This code also abolishes the death penalty and replaces it with mutilation. In the prologue - in Caesaropapist fashion - the emperor is referred to as the God-commissioned shepherd of the flock of believers, which was the main reason for the replacement of the eclogue tōn nomōn by the Eisagogē tou nomou .

literature

  • Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal , Collectio librorum juris Graeco-Romani ineditorum: Ecloga Leonis et Constantini, Epanagoge Basilii, Leonis et Alexandri , Leipzig 1852, 1-52 (Ndr. In: I. Zepos / P. Zepos, Jus Graecoromanum , Athens 1931 [Ndr. Aalen 1962], II 3-62) ( editio princeps )
  • KE Zachariä von Lingenthal, History of Greco-Roman Law , 3rd edition, Berlin 1892 (Ndr. Aalen 1955) (representation of almost the entire law of the Ekloge ton nomon )
  • Bernhard Sinogowitz , Studies on Eclogue Criminal Law , Athens 1956
  • Ludwig Burgmann, Ecloga. The Law Book of Leon III. and Konstantinos' V. , Frankfurt am Main 1983 (authoritative edition)
  • Spyros Troianos , Οι πηγές του βυζαντινού δικαίου , 3rd edition, Athens / Komotini 2011, 160-168 u.ö. (470)

Remarks

  1. ^ Ludwig Burgmann, Marie Theres Fögen , Andreas Schminck , Dieter Simon : Repertorium der Manschriften des Byzantine Rechts I, Frankfurt am Main 1995, p. 410f.
  2. ↑ A. Schminck: Leges ou νόμοι? Le choix des princes slaves à l'époque de Photius et les débuts de l'ἀνακάθαρσις τῶν παλαιῶν νόμων. In: Spyridon Flogaitis, Antoine Pantélis (Ed.): The Eastern Roman Empire and the Birth of the Idea of ​​State in Europe. London 2005, pp. 309f.
  3. ↑ Judith Herrin: Byzantium - An Amazing History of a Medieval Empire. Reclam Publishing House. Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-15-010819-2 , p. 98.
  4. ^ A. Schminck, Ekloge, in: Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche , 3rd edition, Vol. 3, 1995, 573.