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Revival and use of Justinian's Corpus Juris Civilis

Type Object Region Europe Time 1100

Since its revival at Bologna in the 11th century, Justinian's Corpus Juris Civilis became the core text of continental European legal education and s…

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  1. 1100–1300Bologna · ItalyScholars such as Irnerius systematically taught the Digest and Code at Bologna, forming the glossators' school and returning Roman law texts to secular university education and territorial adjudication.
  2. 1450–1550Paris and Lyon · FranceHumanists edited Roman law texts using historical philology; French jurisprudence (mos gallicus) emphasized systematic application, coexisting with the Italian gloss tradition (mos italicus) and spreading to northern Germany.
  3. 1551–1560States of the Holy Roman Empire · German statesIn imperial courts, territorial high courts, and universities, the Corpus Juris Civilis remained an important reference for property, contract, and inheritance disputes; territorial codification movements absorbed Roman law concepts, operating alongside feudal customary law and canon law.

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