| Keywords |
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| ID |
5431 |
| Text |
Ahistulfi Legis anni V (755 - 755) Aistulf |
| Quotation |
Si quis Langobardus cum pontificibus abbatibus vel custodibus ecclesiarum seo exenodochiorum prepositis de quibuscumque rebus convenientam fecerit… Si vero commutationem fecerint de cassis terris vel familiis et feurit inter missus regis vel pontificis seo iudices aut tales homines tres quorum fides anmittitur… |
| Translation |
If a Lombard makes an agreement involving any property whatsoever with a bishop, abbot, or other guardian of a church or with the director of a hospital… If the transfer of property involves casis terris [servile holdings] or familiis [household servants], and representatives of the king or of the priest, or judges or three other such men whose faith is accepted were present…
(Emended from K. Fischer-Drew, trans., The Lombard Laws (1973), p. 235) |
| Summary |
Aistulf, No. 16 establishes that if a lombard makes an agreement with a bishop or abbot, or the guardian of a church or hospital, then his heirs cannot later break that agreement unless compostion is paid according to the penalty clause set out in the contract. |
| Quotation source |
MGH, LL 4, 1868 (F. Bluhme), p. 202 |
| Temporal Coverage |
755 - 755 |
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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]. |
