| Keywords |
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| ID |
5432 |
| Text |
Ahistulfi Legis anni V (755 - 755) Aistulf |
| Quotation |
Relatum est nobis quod nunc usque talis fuissit consuitudo ut monasteria vel reliqua loca venerabilia que in defensione sacri palatii esse noscuntur conpositione dubla exegessent ab hominibus qui in ipsa venerabilis loca conponere devebant sicut curtis regia exegere videtur… |
| Translation |
It has been made known to us that up until this time it has been customary for monasteries or other holy places, known to be under the protection of the sacred palace, to exact a double composition from those who owe them composition, just as the royal court exacts…
(Emended from K. Fischer-Drew, trans., The Lombard Laws (1973), p. 235) |
| Summary |
Aistulf, No. 17 addresses the situation wherein monasteries and other religious places under the protection of the palace have previously been extracting double compositon, and emends the situation so that only single compostion was to be taken henceforth. |
| Quotation source |
MGH, LL 4, 1868 (F. Bluhme), p. 202 |
| 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]. |
