Code of Euric
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The Code of Euric was an early written legal code issued by the Visigothic king Euric in the late 5th century, codifying Germanic customary law and Roman legal traditions for his kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Code of Euric canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2101283 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Code of Euric Context triple: [Visigothic Kingdom, legalCode, Code of Euric]
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A.
Edictum Rothari
The Edictum Rothari is a 7th-century Lombard law code issued by King Rothari that represents one of the earliest written compilations of Germanic customary law in medieval Italy.
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B.
Opus Francigenum
Opus Francigenum is the Latin term historically used to refer to what is now known as Gothic architecture, a medieval European style characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses.
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C.
Breviary of Alaric
The Breviary of Alaric is a 6th-century compilation of Roman law for the Visigothic kingdom, serving as a key source for the transmission of late Roman legal tradition in Western Europe.
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D.
Codex Justinianus
Codex Justinianus is a foundational compilation of Roman imperial laws ordered by Emperor Justinian I, forming a core component of the Corpus Juris Civilis and profoundly influencing later civil law traditions.
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E.
Codex
Codex is an AI system developed by OpenAI that translates natural language into code and powers tools like GitHub Copilot.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Code of Euric Target entity description: The Code of Euric was an early written legal code issued by the Visigothic king Euric in the late 5th century, codifying Germanic customary law and Roman legal traditions for his kingdom.
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A.
Edictum Rothari
The Edictum Rothari is a 7th-century Lombard law code issued by King Rothari that represents one of the earliest written compilations of Germanic customary law in medieval Italy.
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B.
Opus Francigenum
Opus Francigenum is the Latin term historically used to refer to what is now known as Gothic architecture, a medieval European style characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses.
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C.
Breviary of Alaric
The Breviary of Alaric is a 6th-century compilation of Roman law for the Visigothic kingdom, serving as a key source for the transmission of late Roman legal tradition in Western Europe.
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D.
Codex Justinianus
Codex Justinianus is a foundational compilation of Roman imperial laws ordered by Emperor Justinian I, forming a core component of the Corpus Juris Civilis and profoundly influencing later civil law traditions.
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E.
Codex
Codex is an AI system developed by OpenAI that translates natural language into code and powers tools like GitHub Copilot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Visigothic law code
ⓘ
legal code ⓘ |
| aim | to provide a unified written law for Euric's subjects ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Roman subjects in the Visigothic kingdom
ⓘ
Goths ⓘ
surface form:
Visigoths
|
| appliesToTerritory |
Visigothic Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Visigothic Gaul
Visigothic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Visigothic Hispania
|
| author | Euric ⓘ |
| basedOn |
customary Visigothic law
ⓘ
late Roman imperial legislation ⓘ |
| country | Visigothic Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | late 5th century ⓘ |
| describedIn | medieval legal historiography ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | law ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Breviary of Alaric
ⓘ
Lex Visigothorum ⓘ
surface form:
Code of Leovigild
Liber Iudiciorum ⓘ |
| follows | Germanic customary law ⓘ |
| genre | law code ⓘ |
| hasPart |
provisions on criminal law
ⓘ
provisions on family law ⓘ provisions on inheritance law ⓘ provisions on procedural law ⓘ provisions on property law ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| inception | c. 470s ⓘ |
| incorporates | Roman legal traditions ⓘ |
| influenced |
Breviary of Alaric
ⓘ
Lex Visigothorum ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| legalForm | royal edict ⓘ |
| legalStatus | royal legislation ⓘ |
| legalSubject | relations between Goths and Romans ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Visigothic Kingdom ⓘ |
| legalTradition |
Germanic law
ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ |
| notableFor | early synthesis of Roman and Germanic legal elements ⓘ |
| partiallySurvivesAs | fragments in later legal manuscripts ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Toulouse ⓘ |
| promulgatedBy |
Euric
ⓘ
surface form:
King Euric of the Visigoths
|
| regulated |
compensation for injuries
ⓘ
disputes over land ownership ⓘ marriage and dowry ⓘ oaths and legal proof ⓘ status of slaves ⓘ |
| significantEvent | first known written codification of Visigothic law ⓘ |
| timePeriod | reign of Euric (c. 466–484) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Code of Euric Description of subject: The Code of Euric was an early written legal code issued by the Visigothic king Euric in the late 5th century, codifying Germanic customary law and Roman legal traditions for his kingdom.
Referenced by (2)
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