Siete Partidas

E47672

Siete Partidas is a comprehensive 13th-century Castilian legal code, traditionally attributed to Alfonso X, that systematized civil, criminal, and ecclesiastical law and became highly influential in Spain and its overseas territories.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Las Siete Partidas 1
Libro de las Siete Partidas 1

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alfonso X legal compilation
Castilian law code
legal code
medieval legal text
alsoKnownAs Siete Partidas
surface form: Las Siete Partidas

Siete Partidas
surface form: Libro de las Siete Partidas
appliedIn Crown of Castile
Louisiana
New Mexico
Philippines
Spain
Spanish America
Texas
author Alfonso X of Castile
citedIn colonial judicial decisions
compiler jurists of Alfonso X’s court
completedIn c. 1265
countryOfOrigin Castile
surface form: Kingdom of Castile
dateOfCreation 13th century
genre legal treatise
hasEnglishTranslation The Seven Part Code
hasPart Cuarta Partida
Primera Partida
Quinta Partida
Segunda Partida
Sexta Partida
Séptima Partida
Tercera Partida
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
inception c. 1256
influenced Latin American legal systems
Louisiana civil law
New Mexico legal tradition
Spanish colonial law
Texas legal tradition
law of the Spanish Empire
influencedBy Decretals of Gregory IX
Corpus Juris Civilis
surface form: Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis

Roman law
Lex Visigothorum
surface form: Visigothic law

canon law
legalDomain civil law
criminal law
ecclesiastical law
private law
procedural law
public law
legalStatus suppletive law in Spanish colonies
legalTradition civil law tradition
numberOfParts 7
originalLanguage Castilian
Old Spanish
purpose systematization of Castilian law
unification of legal practice in Castile
regulates criminal procedure
inheritance and succession
obligations and contracts
relations between crown and subjects
status of persons
significance foundation of Spanish legal culture
key source of law in the Spanish Empire
major influence on Ibero-American codification
subjectMatter church and clergy
criminal offenses and penalties
judicial procedure
marriage and family law
municipal organization
property and contracts
royal authority and governance
titleLanguage Spanish
traditionalAttribution Alfonso X of Castile
translatedBy Samuel Parsons Scott NERFINISHED
translationPublicationDate 1931
usedAs subsidiary law in colonial courts

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siete Partidas alsoKnownAs Siete Partidas
this entity surface form: Las Siete Partidas
Siete Partidas alsoKnownAs Siete Partidas
this entity surface form: Libro de las Siete Partidas
Spanish law influencedBy Siete Partidas
Castile legalSystem Siete Partidas
Crown of Castile legalSystem Siete Partidas
subject surface form: Crown of Castile
Alfonso X of Castile notableWork Siete Partidas
Old Spanish notableWorkInLanguage Siete Partidas