Lex Romana Burgundionum

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The Lex Romana Burgundionum (lat .: "Roman Law of Burgundy") is a brief summary of the Roman law , as in the realm of Burgundy under there still settling in large numbers novels should apply.

The Burgundians had ruled between Lake Geneva and Provence since the 5th century . Their capital, Lyon, was in the ruled area . The Lex Romana Burgundionum was created around 520 under King Sigismund . The code of law came into force without the king appearing to have imposed a sanction.

Compared to the Lex Romana Visigothorum , the Visigothic Roman law, the work is very narrow, but also does not claim any exclusivity. It was compiled from texts from the Codex Theodosianus , the post- Theodosian novels and the pseudo-Pauline sentences . The institutions of Gaius , the codices Gregorianus and Hermogenianus , as well as the so-called Codex Euricianus were also used to a lesser extent ; equally widespread explanatory works for all these works. The texts used were not taken literally, as with the Visigoths, but briefly summarized, with individual changes being made that took into account the special needs of the local population. The “law book” is structured like the slightly older Lex Burgundionum , in which the laws applicable under the Burgundians were summarized. In contrast to the Visigothic parallel work, the Lex Romana Burgundionum did not claim exclusive validity, that is, the judge could use additional parts of that work.

The Franks , who conquered the empire of the Burgundians in 534, left the law there unaffected. In the 8th century, however , the more extensive and more demanding Lex Romana Visigothorum, which had also been accepted by the Franks , prevailed among the novels throughout the Franconian Empire , including Burgundy. The Lex Burgundionum remained authoritative for the Burgundians in the Franconian Empire.

swell

  • Ludwig Rudolf von Salis: Leges Burgundionum . Hahn: Hannover 1892 (= Monumenta Germaniae Historica , Legum sectio I: Legum nationum Germanicarum tom. II, pars 1), pp. 123–170.

literature

  • Friederike Bauer-Gerland: The right of inheritance of the Lex Romana Burgundionum. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-428-08562-0 ( Freiburger Rechtsgeschichtliche Abhandlungen NF 23), (At the same time: Freiburg (Breisgau), Univ., Diss., 1994).
  • Detlef Liebs: Roman jurisprudence in Gaul (2nd to 8th century). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-428-10936-8 , pp. 116–118 and 166–176 ( Freiburg legal-historical treatises NF 38).

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