medieval legislation
C9503
concept
Medieval legislation encompasses the body of laws, decrees, and legal customs established by monarchs, feudal lords, and religious authorities in Europe during the Middle Ages to regulate social order, property, crime, and governance.
All labels observed (30)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| medieval legal code | 23 |
| medieval legal text | 23 |
| medieval document | 9 |
| medieval legal document | 8 |
| Anglo-Saxon law code | 7 |
| Anglo-Saxon legal code | 4 |
| early medieval legal text | 4 |
| medieval law code | 4 |
| medieval statute | 4 |
| Lombard law code | 3 |
| Visigothic law code | 3 |
| Carolingian capitulary | 2 |
| Castilian law code | 2 |
| early medieval law | 2 |
| medieval Norwegian law code | 2 |
| 12th-century legal text | 1 |
| Alfonso X legal compilation | 1 |
| English royal law code | 1 |
| Frankish capitulary tradition | 1 |
| Visigothic law | 1 |
| Visigothic legal code | 1 |
| West Saxon royal legislation | 1 |
| collection of capitularies | 1 |
| feudal law measure | 1 |
| law of the Holy Roman Empire | 1 |
| medieval English legal reform | 1 |
| medieval labour law | 1 |
| medieval legal reform | 1 |
| medieval legislation canonical | 1 |
| source of feudal law | 1 |
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Class: medieval legislation
Generated description
Medieval legislation encompasses the body of laws, decrees, and legal customs established by monarchs, feudal lords, and religious authorities in Europe during the Middle Ages to regulate social order, property, crime, and governance.
Instances (100)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Statutes of Wiślica | medieval legal code |
| Privilegium Maius | medieval document |
| Golden Bull of Sicily | medieval legal document |
| Reichsdeputationshauptschluss | law of the Holy Roman Empire |
| Statute of Labourers 1351 | medieval labour law |
| Statute of Treasons 1351 | medieval legal text |
| Basilika | medieval legal text |
| codification of Welsh law | medieval legal code |
| Kulm law | medieval legal code |
| Dictatus Papae | medieval document |
| Gutalagen | medieval legal code |
| Usatges de Barcelona | medieval legal code |
| Ad extirpanda | medieval legal document |
| Cum negotium | medieval legal document |
| Lübeck law | medieval legal code |
| Laws of King Grimoald | Lombard law code |
| Laws of King Liutprand | Lombard law code |
| Capitulary of Quierzy | medieval legal text |
| Pskov Judicial Charter | medieval legal code |
| Rus' Justice | medieval legal text |
| Russian Truth | medieval legal code |
| Novgorod Judicial Charter | medieval legal code |
| Liber Augustalis | medieval law code |
| Breviary of Aniane | Visigothic legal code |
| Book of Judgments | medieval legal text |
| Forum Iudicum | Visigothic law code |
| Liber Sextus | medieval legal text |
| Clementinae | medieval legal text |
| Schwabenspiegel | medieval legal code |
| Westminster II | medieval legal text |
| De donis conditionalibus | medieval statute |
| Lombard law | early medieval law |
| Capitulare de villis | Carolingian capitulary |
| Gulathing law | medieval Norwegian law code |
| Frostathing law | medieval Norwegian law code |
| First Partida | medieval legal code |
| Third Partida | medieval legal text |
| Fifth Partida | medieval legal text |
| Laws of Hlothhere and Eadric | Anglo-Saxon legal code |
| Laws of Wihtred | Anglo-Saxon legal code |
| Alfredian law code | Anglo-Saxon law code |
| Laws of Edgar | Anglo-Saxon legal code |
| Laws of Æthelred the Unready | Anglo-Saxon legal code |
| Laws of Cnut | medieval legal code |
| Laws of Ine of Wessex | Anglo-Saxon law code |
| Laws of Edward the Elder | Anglo-Saxon law code |
| Laws of Æthelstan | Anglo-Saxon law code |
| Law of Æthelberht of Kent | Anglo-Saxon law code |
| Law of Wihtred of Kent | Anglo-Saxon law code |
| Salic law | early medieval law |