Law codes written in Latin for the Germanic peoples that settled in the former Western Empire, from the Visigoths and Burgundians to the Franks, Lombards, Alemanni, Bavarians and Frisians, which mix tribal custom with Roman legal forms. A code belongs here when its cited article describes a law code of a Germanic kingdom or people of the early Middle Ages. It excludes the Roman imperial compilations and the Byzantine books.
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Breviary of Alaric (Wikipedia)
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The Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum) is a collection of Roman law, compiled by Roman jurists and issued by referendary Anianus on the order of Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, with the approval of his bishops and nobles.
Lex Burgundionum (Wikipedia)
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The Lex Burgundionum (Latin for Burgundian Laws, also Lex Gundobada) is the law code of the Burgundians, probably issued by king Gundobad.
Code of Euric (Wikipedia)
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The Codex Euricianus or Code of Euric was a collection of laws governing the Visigoths compiled at the order of Euric, King of the Visigoths, sometime before 480, probably at Toulouse (possibly at Arles); it is one of the earliest examples of early Germanic law.
Edictum Rothari (Wikipedia)
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The Edictum Rothari (transl. Edict of Rothari; also Edictus Rothari or Edictum Rotharis) was the first written compilation of Lombard law, codified and promulgated on 22 November 643 by King Rothari in Pavia by a gairethinx, an assembly of the army.
Edictum Theodorici (Wikipedia)
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The Edictum Theodorici is a set of laws that date from the 5th or 6th-century and that is one of the codes emanated by Germanic kings to settle issues between Romans and Germans in their kingdoms.
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The Edictum Theodorici is a set of laws that date from the 5th or 6th-century and that is one of the codes emanated by Germanic kings to settle issues between Romans and Germans in their kingdoms.
View the SourceLex Alamannorum (Wikipedia)
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The Lex Alamannorum and Pactus Alamannorum were two early medieval law codes of the Alamanni.
Lex Baiuvariorum (Wikipedia)
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The Lex Baiuvariorum was a collection of the tribal laws of the Bavarii of the sixth through eighth centuries.
Lex Frisionum (Wikipedia)
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The Lex Frisionum (lit. 'Law of the Frisians') is a set of legal documents governing early medieval Frisia.
Lex Ripuaria (Wikipedia)
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The Lex Ripuaria, also spelled Lex Ribuaria, is a 7th-century collection of Germanic law, the laws of the Ripuarian Franks.
Visigothic Code (Wikipedia)
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The Visigothic Code (Latin: Forum Iudicum, Liber Iudiciorum, or Book of the Judgements; Spanish: Fuero Juzgo), also called Lex Visigothorum (English: Law of the Visigoths), is a set of laws begun by king Chindasuinth (642-653 AD) of the Visigothic Kingdom in his second year of rule (642-643) that sought to provide common legal status between his Visigothic and Spanish-Roman subjects.
Salic law (Wikipedia)
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The Salic law ( or ; Latin: Lex salica), also called the Salian law, was a Frankish civil law code compiled around 500 AD by Clovis, the first Frankish king.
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