| Keywords |
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| ID |
5429 |
| Text |
Ahistulfi Legis anni V (755 - 755) Aistulf |
| Quotation |
…ut Langobardus potestatem habeat filium suum sibi bene servientem de rebus suis meliorare de filiabus non contenebatur… |
| Translation |
…a Lombard may reward that son who serves him well from his property; the law does not say anything about daughters…
(Emended from K. Fischer-Drew, trans., The Lombard Laws (1973), p. 234) |
| Summary |
Astulf, No. 13 establishes that a Lombard with no sons can reward a daughter who has served him well, in the same manner as previously established for sons. That is, if he has two daughters, one may be rewarded with up to a third of his property, if he has three daughters with up to a quarter of his property and so forth. |
| Quotation source |
MGH, LL 4, 1868 (F. Bluhme), p. 200 |
| Temporal Coverage |
755 - 755 |
| Associated use case(s) |
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| Comment |
The Ahistulfi Leges (V) form part of the Leges Ahistulfi [Text, ID:1119] and in turn are part of the collected Edictus Langobardorum [Text, ID:984]. |
