Lorsch Codex

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The Lorsch Codex is a medieval manuscript cartulary that records the extensive landholdings, rights, and legal transactions of the Abbey of Lorsch in the early Middle Ages.

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cartulary
historical document
medieval manuscript
alternativeName Codex Laureshamensis NERFINISHED
associatedWith Abbey of Lorsch NERFINISHED
Carolingian Empire NERFINISHED
chronologicalFocus early Middle Ages
countryOfOrigin Frankish Empire NERFINISHED
createdFor Abbey of Lorsch NERFINISHED
createdIn Lorsch Abbey scriptorium NERFINISHED
culturalContext Carolingian Renaissance NERFINISHED
documentedInstitution Lorsch Abbey NERFINISHED
genre cartulary
hasPart charters
confirmations of rights
donation records
historicalPeriod medieval period
language Latin NERFINISHED
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Lorsch NERFINISHED
mainSubject charters
donations
land tenure
property rights
material parchment
purpose to preserve documentary evidence of rights and properties
records landholdings of Abbey of Lorsch
legal transactions of Abbey of Lorsch
rights of Abbey of Lorsch
regionDocumented Hesse NERFINISHED
Rhine region NERFINISHED
southern Germany NERFINISHED
religiousContext Christian monasticism
religiousOrder Benedictine NERFINISHED
script Carolingian minuscule
significance important source for early medieval German history
important source for history of monastic landholding
subjectOf diplomatic studies
legal history research
medieval studies research
timeSpanDocumented early medieval centuries
title Lorsch Codex NERFINISHED
use administrative record
documentation of property
legal reference
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Abbey of Lorsch associatedWork Lorsch Codex