Lex Salica
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Lex Salica is the early medieval legal code of the Salian Franks, best known for its detailed system of fines and its later influence on European succession laws.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
barbarian law code
ⓘ
early medieval law code ⓘ legal code ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Frankish kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty | Merovingian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citedIn |
French Wars of Religion succession debates
ⓘ
Hundred Years' War succession disputes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compiledUnder | Clovis I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Germanic customary law ⓘ |
| feature |
composition instead of blood feud
ⓘ
detailed tariff of fines ⓘ system of monetary compensations (wergild) ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Lex Salica Francorum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Salic Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Latin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Frankish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasManuscriptTradition | multiple recensions ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Lex Salica emendata
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pactus legis Salicae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
foundation for later concept of Salic Law in Europe
ⓘ
key source for early Frankish society ⓘ |
| influenced |
Burgundian succession practices
ⓘ
European succession laws ⓘ French royal succession law ⓘ German princely succession customs ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Roman law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
civil law
ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ inheritance law ⓘ procedural law ⓘ property law ⓘ |
| legalPrinciple |
monetary compensation over corporal punishment
ⓘ
personal law (law tied to ethnic group) ⓘ tariffed penalties ⓘ |
| legalSystemOf | Salian Franks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableClause |
agnatic succession principle
ⓘ
exclusion of women from royal succession ⓘ provisions on bodily injury compensation ⓘ provisions on church property protection ⓘ provisions on homicide compensation ⓘ provisions on insults and defamation fines ⓘ provisions on oath-helpers (compurgation) ⓘ provisions on theft and robbery fines ⓘ rules on inheritance of land (allodial property) ⓘ |
| originatesInCentury | 6th century ⓘ |
| usedIn | Carolingian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedUntilCentury | 9th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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