Edictum Theodorici

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Edictum Theodorici is a late antique legal code traditionally attributed to the Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great, compiling Roman and Germanic law for use in his kingdom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf late antique legal code
law code
legal compilation
aimsTo harmonize Roman and Germanic law
appliesLawTradition Germanic law
Roman law NERFINISHED
appliesToPopulation mixed Roman-Gothic population
associatedWithRuler Theodoric the Great NERFINISHED
contains penal provisions
rules on contracts
rules on family relations
rules on judicial procedure
rules on property
geographicalScope Italy NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Edict of Theodoric NERFINISHED
hasAttributionStatus disputed authorship among scholars
hasLanguage Latin
hasLegalCharacter secular law
hasTraditionalAttributionTo Theodoric the Great NERFINISHED
historicalContext Ostrogothic rule in Italy
historicalSignificance evidence for interaction of Roman and Germanic legal traditions
example of legal continuity after the fall of the Western Roman Empire
influencedBy Germanic customary law
Roman imperial legislation
legalAudience Goths NERFINISHED
Romans NERFINISHED
legalCulture Ostrogothic Kingdom NERFINISHED
legalForm royal edict
legalPurpose maintain order between Roman and Gothic populations
provide unified legal framework
legalScope civil law
criminal law
procedural law
legalSystemContext post-Roman Western legal tradition
legalTechnique adaptation of Roman law to Gothic rule
compilation of existing norms
namedAfter Theodoric the Great NERFINISHED
preservedIn medieval manuscript tradition
region Ostrogothic Italy NERFINISHED
relatedTo Germanic law codes NERFINISHED
Roman law codes
studiedInDiscipline Germanic law studies
Late Antique studies
legal history
timePeriod Late Antiquity

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Goths legalCode Edictum Theodorici