The Burgundian Code: Book of Constitutions Or Law of Gundobad, Additional Enactments"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. |
Contents
Of the Privilege of Bestowing Gifts Permitted to Fathers and Concerning Royal Gifts and Gratuities | 22 |
Of Murders | 23 |
Of the Emancipation of Our Slaves | 24 |
Of Those Who Strike Others with Lash or Rod with a Kick or with a Blow of the Fist | 26 |
Or Fugitives | 27 |
Of Slaves Servi and Serfs Originarii Who Abe Accused of Crimes | 28 |
Of the Commission of Chimes Which Are Charged Against Native Freemen | 29 |
Of Acts of Violence | 30 |
Of Betrothed Women Who Incited by Desire Go to Consort with Others | 59 |
Of the Inheritance of Sons Who After the Death of Their Father Die Intestate While Their Mother Still Survives | 61 |
Of Those Who Presume to Take a Third of the Slaves and Two Parts of the Land of Their Host Contrary to Public Prohibition | 62 |
Of Excluding Barbarians Whenever Contention Arises Between Two Romans Concerning the Boundaries of Their Fields | 63 |
Of Slaves Bought in Alamannia | 64 |
Of Killing Dogs | 65 |
Of Women Who Willingly Seek Union with a Man | 66 |
Of Those Who Have Stolen Grain Standing in Sheaves in Gremits | 67 |
Of Inflicted Wounds | 31 |
Of Clearings Exarti | 32 |
Of Starting a Fight | 33 |
Of Other Cases and the Removal of Liability for Punishment | 34 |
Of Those Things Which Happen by Chance | 35 |
Of the Removal of Pledges and Guarantohs Oathtakers | 36 |
Of Thefts Committed by Fugitives | 37 |
Of Contracts Entered into by Slaves | 38 |
Of the Aboution of the Advocacy Patrocinium of Barbarians in Lawsuits Involving Romans | 39 |
Of Burgundian Women Entering a Second or Third Marriage | 40 |
Of Thefts and Acts of Violence | 41 |
Of Broken Fences Closed Roads also Thefts and Acts of Violence | 42 |
XXVIII Of the Privilege of Cutting Wood Granted in Common | 43 |
Of Those Committing Assault and Breach of the Peace | 44 |
Of Injuries Which Are Suffered by Women | 45 |
Of the Punishment of Slaves Who Commit a Criminal Assault on Freeborn Women | 46 |
Of the Refusal of Hospitality Toward Legates of Foreign Tribes and Travellers | 47 |
Of Receiving Strangers | 48 |
Of Manumissions | 49 |
Of the Inheritance of Those Who Die Without Children | 50 |
Of Gifts | 51 |
Of Those Who Deny Those Things Charged Against Them and Offer Oaths | 52 |
Of Those Who Set Traps Drawn Bows tensuras for Killing Wolves | 53 |
Of the Condemnation of Thieves of Their Wives and of Their Children | 54 |
Of Inflicted Wounds | 55 |
Of Killing Agents of the King as Well as of Private Persons | 57 |
Of Those Who Do Nor Give Their Sons the Portions of Their Property Due to Them | 58 |
This Must Be Observed Concerning Forests | 68 |
LXXI Of Those Who Compound a Theft | 69 |
Of Widows and Their Children | 70 |
Of an Inheritance Divided Between Nephew and Aunt | 71 |
Of Royal Servants Wittiscalci | 73 |
Of Warrants Inscriptiones | 74 |
Or Prescription ie the Setting of Time Limits or the Establishment of Title | 75 |
Of Those Bearing False Witness and False Accusers Slanderers | 76 |
Of Guarantors Oathtaxers | 77 |
Of the Sale of Lands | 78 |
Of the Marriage Ornaments Malahereda | 79 |
Of Emancipation | 80 |
Of Judgments | 81 |
Of Freemen Who Commit a Theft with a Slave | 82 |
Of Arms and Legs Which Are Broken by Another | 83 |
Of Hounds Canes Veltravi Hunting Dogs Segutii or Running Dogs Petrunculi | 84 |
Of Sales Which Abe Made Without Witnesses | 85 |
Of Jews Who Presume to Raise Thetb Hands Against a Christian | 86 |
Of Asses | 87 |
Constitutiones extravagantes | 89 |
Additional Enactments | 91 |
An Edict Concerning Foundlings | 92 |
Here Begins the Ordinance Which Our Most Glorious King Established at Amberieux in an Assembly of the Burgundians | 93 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 97 |
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Other editions - View all
The Burgundian Code: Liber Constitutionum Sive Lex Gundobada, Constitutions ... No preview available - 1949 |
The Burgundian Code: Book of Constitutions Or Law of Gundobad, Additional ... Katherine Fischer Drew No preview available - 1972 |
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