The Burgundian Code
Book of Constitutions or Law of Gundobad; Additional Enactments
University of Pennsylvania Press
1st Edition
Published on 24. November 2010
128 pages
978-0-8122-0178-9 (ISBN)
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"Gives the reader a portrayal of the social institutions of a Germanic people far richer and more exhaustive than any other available source."-from the Foreword, by Edward Peters
From the bloody clashes of the third and fourth centuries there emerged a society that was neither Roman nor Burgundian, but a compound of both. The Burgundian Code offers historians and anthropologists alike illuminating insights into a crucial period of contact between a developed and a tribal society.
From the bloody clashes of the third and fourth centuries there emerged a society that was neither Roman nor Burgundian, but a compound of both. The Burgundian Code offers historians and anthropologists alike illuminating insights into a crucial period of contact between a developed and a tribal society.
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Katherine Fischer Drew is Lynette S. Autrey Professor of History Emerita at Rice University and is translator of The Lombard Laws, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contents
- Introduction
- Liber Constitutionurn sive Lex Gundobada (Book of Constitutions or Law of Gundobad)
- Preface
- I. Of the Privilege of Bestowing Gifts Permitted to Fathers, and Concerning Royal Gifts and Gratuities.
- II. Of Murders.
- III. Of the Emancipation of Our Slaves.
- IV. Of Solicitations and Thefts.
- V. Of Those Who Strike Others with Lash or Rod, with a Kick, or with a Blow of the Fist.
- VI. Of Fugitives.
- VII. Of Slaves (Servi) and Serfs (Originarii) Who Are Accused of Crimes.
- VIII. Of the Commission of Crimes Which Are Charged Against Native Freemen.
- IX. Of Acts of Violence.
- X. Let Burgundians and Romans Be Held Under the Same Condition in the Matter of Killing Slaves.
- XI. Of Inflicted Wounds.
- XII. Of the Stealing of Girls.
- XIII. Of Clearings (Exarti).
- XIV. Of Succession.
- XV. Of Starting a Fight.
- XVI. Of Hunting for Animals.
- XVII. Of Other Cases and the Removal of Liability for Punishment.
- XVIII. Of Those Things Which Happen by Chance.
- XIX. Of the Removal of Pledges and Guarantors (Oathtakers).
- XX. Of Thefts Committed by Fugitives.
- XXI. Of Contracts Entered into by Slaves.
- XXII. Of the Abolition of the Advocacy (Patrocinium) of Barbarians in Lawsuits Involving Romans.
- XXIII. Of Injuries Which Are Caused by Animals.
- XXIV. Of Burgundian Women Entering a Second or Third Marriage.
- XXV. Of Thefts and Acts of Violence.
- XXVI. Of Knocking Out Teeth.
- XXVII. Of Broken Fences, Closed Roads, also Thefts and Acts of Violence.
- XXVIII. Of the Privilege of Cutting Wood Granted in Common.
- XXIX. Of Those Committing Assault and Breach of the Peace.
- XXX. Of Women Violated.
- XXXI. Of Planting Vineyards.
- XXXII. Of Him Who Has Bound a Man Illegally or Without Cause.
- XXXIII. Of Injuries Which Are Suffered by Women.
- XXXIV. Of Divorces.
- XXXV. Of the Punishment of Slaves Who Commit a Criminal Assault on Freeborn Women.
- XXXVI. Of Incestuous Adultery.
- XXXVII. Of Drawn Swords.
- XXXVIII. Of the Refusal of Hospitality Toward Legates of Foreign Tribes and Travellers.
- XXXIX. Of Receiving Strangers.
- XL. Of Manumissions.
- XLI. Of Crops Burned by Fire.
- XLII. Of the Inheritance of Those Who Die Without Children.
- XLIII. Of Gifts.
- XLIV. Of the Adultery of Girls and Widows.
- XLV. Of Those Who Deny Those Things Charged Against Them, and Offer Oaths.
- XLVI. Of Those Who Set Traps (Drawn Bows, tensuras) for Killing Wolves.
- XLVII. Of the Condemnation of Thieves, of Their Wives, and of Their Children.
- XLVIII. Of Inflicted Wounds.
- XLIX. Of Animals Causing Damage in Closed Fields and Driven into Enclosures, and Horses Wandering at Large.
- L. Of Killing Agents of the King as Well as of Private Persons.
- LI. Of Those Who Do Not Give Their Sons the Portions of Their Property Due to Them.
- LII. Of Betrothed Women Who, Incited by Desire, Go to Consort with Others.
- LIII. Of the Inheritance of Sons Who, After the Death of Their Father, Die Intestate, While Their Mother Still Survives.
- LIV. Of Those Who Presume to Take a Third of the Slaves and Two Parts of the Land (of Their Host) Contrary to Public Prohibition.
- LV. Of Excluding Barbarians Whenever Contention Arises Between Two Romans Concerning the Boundaries of Their Fields.
- LVI. Of Slaves Bought in Alamannia.
- LVII. Of Freedmen of the Burgundians Who Do Not Have the Privilege of Departing.
- LVIII. Of Killing Dogs.
- LIX. Of Grandchildren.
- LX. Of Employing Witnesses of Gifts.
- LXI. Of Women Who Willingly Seek Union with a Man.
- LXII. Of Only Sons.
- LXIII. Of Those Who Have Stolen Grain Standing in Sheaves (in Gremiis).
- LXIV. Of Animals Killed in the Harvest.
- LXV. Of Widows from Whom the Debts of Their Husbands Are Sought.
- LXVI. Of Girls Without Fathers and Mothers Who Are Given in Marriage.
- LXVII. This Must Be Observed Concerning Forests.
- LXVIII. Of Adultery.
- LXIX. Of the Wedding Gift (Wittimon).
- LXX. Of Thefts.
- LXXI. Of Those Who Compound a Theft.
- LXXII. Of Traps for Animals.
- LXXIII. Of Horses Which Have Bones and Sticks (Scindola) Tied to Their Tails.
- LXXIV. Of Widows and Their Children.
- LXXV. Of an Inheritance Divided Between Nephew and Aunt.
- LXXVI. Of Royal Servants (Wittiscalci).
- LXXVII. Of Warrants (Inscriptiones).
- LXXVIII. Of the Succession of Inheritance.
- LXXIX. Of Prescription (i.e., the Setting of Time Limits or the Establishment of Title).
- LXXX. Of Those Bearing False Witness and False Accusers (Slanderers).
- LXXXI. Of Future Appeals Before Judges.
- LXXXII. Of Guarantors (Oathtakers).
- LXXXIII. Of Those Who Identify Their Property in the Possession of Others.
- LXXXIV. Of the Sale of Lands.
- LXXXV. Of Wards.
- LXXXVI. Of the Marriage Ornaments (Malahereda) .
- LXXXVII. Of Contracts Entered into by Minors.
- LXXXVIII. Of Emancipation.
- Continuation of the Book of Constitutions
- LXXXIX. Of Animals Which Have Entered a Vineyard.
- XC. Of Judgments.
- XCI. Of Freemen Who Commit a Theft with a Slave.
- XCII. Of Women Whose Hair Has Been Cut Off inTheir Own Courtyard.
- XCIII. Of Arms and Legs Which Are Broken by Another.
- XCIV. Of Ships.
- XCV. Of Trackers (Vegii, Veiatores).
- XCVI. Of Guarantors (Oathtakers).
- XCVII. Of Hounds (Canes Veltravi), Hunting Dogs (Segutii), or Running Dogs (Petrunculi).
- XCVIII. Of Falcons.
- XCIX. Of Sales Which Are Made Without Witnesses.
- C. Of Women Who Go to Their Husbands Voluntarily.
- CI. Of the Marriage Price (Wittimon).
- CII. Of Jews Who Presume to Raise Their Hands Against a Christian.
- CIII. Of Vineyards.
- CIV. Of Asses.
- CV. If Anyone Has Taken Another's Oxen in Pledge.
- Constitutiones extravagantes (Additional Enactments)
- XVIII. This Should Be Observed with Respect to Vineyards.
- XIX. Of the Arrest of the Guilty.
- XX. An Edict Concerning Foundlings.
- XXI. Here Begins the Ordinance Which Our Most Glorious King Established at Ambkrieux in an Assembly of the Burgundians.
- Bibliography
- Index
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- D
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