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Irnerius

Type Figure Region Italy Time c. 1050–1125 Also known as Irnerius、Guarnerius、Warnerius、伊尔内里乌斯

Irnerius (c. 1050–c. 1125), a law teacher at Bologna, founded the glossators' school by glossing Justinian's Corpus Juris Civilis, promoting the scho…

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  1. c. 1050–1088Bologna · EmiliaIn his early years Irnerius may first have taught grammar before turning to Justinian's Digest and Code. Tradition dates the start of the Bologna legal revival to around 1088, though the specific year carries the flavor of later university-origin legends.
  2. 1088–1118Bologna · EmiliaHe wrote marginal glosses (glossa) on the Corpus Juris Civilis, training students to interpret the Roman law text clause by clause, forming the basic method of the later glossators' school, and he may have served Matilda, Countess of Tuscany.
  3. 1118–1125Bologna · EmiliaAround 1118 he supported the papal election of Henry V's faction, showing that Bolognese jurists had entered imperial politics. After c. 1125 he disappears from the records; his pupils formed the Bolognese tradition of the 'Four Doctors'.

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