Edictum Rothari
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The Edictum Rothari is a 7th-century Lombard law code issued by King Rothari that represents one of the earliest written compilations of Germanic customary law in medieval Italy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edictum Rothari canonical | 16 |
| Edict of Rothari | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2020124 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edictum Rothari Context triple: [Kingdom of the Lombards, legalCode, Edictum Rothari]
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A.
Salic law
Salic law is a Frankish-derived legal code best known for its rule excluding women from royal succession, which strongly influenced the inheritance of the French crown.
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B.
Fuero de León
Fuero de León was an early 11th-century legal code that systematized laws and privileges in the medieval Kingdom of León, influencing the development of later Iberian municipal charters.
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C.
Old Frisian law codes
Old Frisian law codes are a collection of medieval legal texts that preserve the laws, customs, and social structures of the Frisian people in the Old Frisian language.
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D.
Novellae Justiniani
Novellae Justiniani are a collection of later imperial laws issued by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I that supplemented and updated his earlier codification of Roman law.
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E.
Statute of Quia Emptores
The Statute of Quia Emptores is a 1290 English law that reformed feudal landholding by allowing free alienation of land and effectively halting the creation of new feudal tenures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edictum Rothari Target entity description: The Edictum Rothari is a 7th-century Lombard law code issued by King Rothari that represents one of the earliest written compilations of Germanic customary law in medieval Italy.
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A.
Salic law
Salic law is a Frankish-derived legal code best known for its rule excluding women from royal succession, which strongly influenced the inheritance of the French crown.
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B.
Fuero de León
Fuero de León was an early 11th-century legal code that systematized laws and privileges in the medieval Kingdom of León, influencing the development of later Iberian municipal charters.
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C.
Old Frisian law codes
Old Frisian law codes are a collection of medieval legal texts that preserve the laws, customs, and social structures of the Frisian people in the Old Frisian language.
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D.
Novellae Justiniani
Novellae Justiniani are a collection of later imperial laws issued by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I that supplemented and updated his earlier codification of Roman law.
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E.
Statute of Quia Emptores
The Statute of Quia Emptores is a 1290 English law that reformed feudal landholding by allowing free alienation of land and effectively halting the creation of new feudal tenures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lombard law code
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early medieval legal text ⓘ law code ⓘ |
| aim | to fix oral Lombard customs in written form ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Lombard Kingdom in Italy
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linked to:
Kingdom of the Lombards
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| capitalOfIssuingKingdom | Pavia ⓘ |
| century | 7th century ⓘ |
| containsConcept |
blood feud regulation
ⓘ
compensation tariffs ⓘ oath-taking procedures ⓘ ordeal procedures ⓘ social status distinctions ⓘ wergild ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of the Lombards ⓘ |
| dateOfIssue | 643 ⓘ |
| excludes | Roman population from full application ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Laws of King Grimoald
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Laws of King Liutprand ⓘ |
| follows | Lombard customary law ⓘ |
| genre | barbarian law code ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
earliest surviving Lombard law code
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one of the earliest written compilations of Germanic customary law in Italy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Roman law traditions
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linked to:
Roman law
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| inForceFrom | 643 ⓘ |
| inForceUntil | superseded by later Lombard legislation ⓘ |
| issuedBy | Rothari ⓘ |
| issuerTitle |
King of the Lombards
ⓘ
linked to:
Rex Langobardorum
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| language | Latin ⓘ |
| legalAudience | Lombard subjects ⓘ |
| legalForm | edict ⓘ |
| legalPrinciple | personal law based on ethnic affiliation ⓘ |
| legalStatus | codification of customary law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Lombards ⓘ |
| legalTradition |
Germanic law
ⓘ
Roman–Germanic legal synthesis ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Rothari ⓘ |
| numberOfChapters | approximately 388 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of early medieval Germanic law codes ⓘ |
| placeOfIssue | Pavia ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| promulgationMethod | public proclamation ⓘ |
| region |
northern Italy
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linked to:
Northern Italy
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| subjectMatter |
civil law
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criminal law ⓘ family law ⓘ inheritance law ⓘ procedural law ⓘ property law ⓘ |
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Subject: Edictum Rothari Description of subject: The Edictum Rothari is a 7th-century Lombard law code issued by King Rothari that represents one of the earliest written compilations of Germanic customary law in medieval Italy.
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linked to: Edictum Rothari