| Keywords |
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| ID |
5148 |
| Text |
Edictus Rothari (643 - 643) Rothari, Rothair |
| Quotation |
Si quis in ecclesia scandalum penetraverit, quadragenta solidos ipsius venerabilis loci sit culpavelis, excepto plagas aut feritas cui fecerit; et predicti quadragenta solidi per sculdhais aut iudicem qui in loco ordinatus fuerit, exegantur et in sacro altario ponantur, ubi iniuria facta est. |
| Translation |
If anyone creates a scandalum [disturbance] in a church shall pay forty solidi to that venerable place in addition to [the composition paid] him who suffered the wounds or injuries. The abovementioned forty solidi shall be collected by the schultheis or judge of the district and laid on the holy altar of that church where the offense occurred.
(emended from K. Fischer-Drew, trans., The Lombard Laws (1973), p. 59) |
| Summary |
Rothari, No. 35 explicitly addresses the situation when a disturbance takes place in a church, setting a forty solidi fine for the crime, which was then to be placed on the altar by the local legal official. Composition for any injuries sustained in the disturbance was also to be paid as normal. |
| Quotation source |
MGH, LL 4, 1868 (F. Bluhme), p. 18-19 |
| Temporal Coverage |
643 - 643 |
| Associated use case(s) |
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| Comment |
The Edictus Rothari forms part of the collected Edictus Langobardorum [Text, ID:984]. |
