Farmer’s Law
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Farmer’s Law is a Byzantine legal code that regulated rural life, landholding, and agrarian disputes among peasant communities in the Byzantine Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Farmer’s Law canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine legal code
ⓘ
legal text ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
peasants
ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ |
| country | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfOrigin |
7th century
ⓘ
8th century ⓘ |
| hasStructure | series of short legal provisions ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Middle Byzantine period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Slavic legal traditions
ⓘ
medieval Balkan law codes ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Roman law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
local customary law ⓘ |
| language | Medieval Greek ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
agrarian law
ⓘ
civil law ⓘ property law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Byzantine law ⓘ |
| partOf | Byzantine rural legislation ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| primaryUsers |
Byzantine officials in rural areas
ⓘ
local judges ⓘ village communities ⓘ |
| regulates |
agrarian disputes
ⓘ
boundaries and property lines ⓘ collective responsibility of village communities ⓘ communal land use ⓘ landholding ⓘ liability for damage to crops ⓘ obligations of peasants ⓘ pasture rights ⓘ rural life ⓘ tax-related obligations in villages ⓘ use of water and irrigation ⓘ village self-government ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Ecloga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rhodian Sea Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyField |
Byzantine studies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
agrarian history ⓘ legal history ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
collective liability
ⓘ
dispute resolution ⓘ land tenure ⓘ peasant obligations ⓘ village administration ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.