Assizes of Jerusalem
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The Assizes of Jerusalem were a foundational collection of medieval legal codes and customs that governed feudal, civil, and criminal matters in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Assizes of Jerusalem canonical | 3 |
| Assizes of Romania | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
law book
ⓘ
medieval legal code ⓘ source of feudal law ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
civil law
ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ feudal law ⓘ |
| compiledBy | jurists of the Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| contains |
provisions on the Court of the Burgesses
ⓘ
provisions on the High Court of Jerusalem ⓘ rules on oaths and ordeals ⓘ rules on trial by combat ⓘ |
| developedInContextOf | Crusades ⓘ |
| follows | customary law of the Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| genre | legal treatise ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
major source for understanding Crusader institutions
ⓘ
one of the most extensive surviving law codes from a Crusader state ⓘ |
| influenced | legal traditions of other Crusader states ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Roman law traditions
ⓘ
Western European feudal law ⓘ canon law ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Kingdom of Jerusalem
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
|
| language |
Latin
ⓘ
Old French ⓘ |
| legalSystemOf | Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| regulates |
criminal sanctions
ⓘ
feudal obligations of vassals ⓘ inheritance law ⓘ judicial procedure ⓘ land tenure ⓘ relations between king and barons ⓘ urban law in the kingdom ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Livre au Roi
ⓘ
Livre des Assises de la Cour des Barons ⓘ Livre des Assises de la Cour des Bourgeois ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Crusader studies
ⓘ
medieval legal history ⓘ |
| subject |
feudal institutions in the Latin East
ⓘ
procedural law in the Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ rights and duties of lords and vassals ⓘ |
| survivesAs | later manuscript redactions ⓘ |
| timePeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| traditionallyAttributedTo |
Baldwin II of Jerusalem
ⓘ
Baldwin III of Jerusalem ⓘ Fulk of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Frankish nobility in the Levant
ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form:
royal courts of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Assizes of Romania