Stelle Quoniam quidem superius in hoc edic...; (Liutprand Leges Anni XI, MGH, LL 4, 1868 (F. Bluhme), pp. 121-22) [5319]

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Keywords	Ethnonym: Langobardi, [wurzel: langobard] Name: Liutprand, [wurzel: Liutprand] Keyword: edictum (edict, law-code), [wurzel: edict] Keyword: gens, [wurzel: gent] Keyword: rex (king), [wurzel: reg] Keyword: rex gentis langobardorum, [wurzel: re gen* langobardorum]
ID	5319
Text	Liutprand Leges Anni XI (723 - 723) Liutprand
Quotation	Quoniam quidem superius in hoc edicti corpore ea quae nobis et nostria iudicibus vel ceteris langobardis congrua paruerunt in quattuor voluminibus adiungere curavimus et nunc si aliquid pro gentis nostrae salvatione adhuc adicere possumus credemus pro his Dei misericordia adipisci et retributionem aeternam ab ipso domino iesu christo nihilominus promereri. Ergo in dei omnipotentis nomine ego qui supra liutprand excellentissimus gentis langobardorum rex anno regni mei deo protogente undecimo diae kalendarum martiarum indictione sexta hoc iterum in quinto volumine adiungere curavimus.
Translation	We have established in four additions to the lawbook those laws which seemed fitting to us and to our judges and to the rest of the Lombards. Now we add additional titles designed for the salvation of our nation; we believe that the approval of God will be obtained for these provisions and that we will be deserving in no wise of eternal punishment from our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, in the name of Almighty God, I, Liutprand, most excellent king of the Lombard nation, in the eleventh year of my reign with God protecting, on the first day of March in the sixth indiction, issue this fifth addition to the code. (Emended from K. Fischer-Drew, trans., The Lombard Laws (1973), p. 158)
Summary	The prologue to Liutprand’s laws issued in the eleventh year of his reign (723 CE), positions the law-giving in relation to his previous legsilative phases, notes the contribution of “our” judges and Lombards, and gives the religious motivation of pleasing God and avoiding the eternal punishment of Jesus Christ. The prologue identifies Liuptrand as king of the Lombard people (gentis langobardorum rex), and gives the date and indiction when the laws were issued.
Quotation source	MGH, LL 4, 1868 (F. Bluhme), pp. 121-22
Temporal Coverage	723 - 723
Associated use case(s)	Law, Place and People: Langobard Legal Actors in the Lombard Laws
Comment	The Liutprand Leges Anno XI form part of the Leges Liutprandi [Text, ID:1098] and in turn are part of the collected Edictus Langobardorum [Text, ID:984].