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association with Theodosius II
In Theodosius II …in supervising compilation of the Theodosian Code (published 438), which codified the laws issued after 312. Theodosius died from injuries suffered during a hunting accident. His daughter Licinia Eudoxia married the Western Roman emperor Valentinian III (reigned 425–455). Read More
codification of clerical privileges
In clergy …extended and codified by the Theodosian Code (438). Later progressive legislation in most countries removed the special privileges enjoyed by the clergy. Such privileges, including exemption from secular courts, were an important issue in the Protestant Reformation. Read More
definition of sacrilege
In sacrilege In the Theodosian Code (published ad 438) of the Eastern Roman Empire, the term sacrilege applied to apostasy (from Christianity), heresy, schism, Judaism, paganism, actions against the immunity of churches and clergy or the privileges of church courts, the desecration of sacraments, and the violation of the… Read More
edited by Cujas
In Jacques Cujas He also edited the Codex Theodosianus. A complete edition of Cujas’s works, in 10 volumes (1658), was prepared by Charles Annibal Fabrot. Read More
edited by Godefroy
In Godefroy Family His edition of the Codex Theodosianus, published posthumously, was his most important work. Denis II Godefroy, called Denis the Young (1615–81), son of Théodore, was also a historian and archivist. Denis III (1653–1719), son of Denis II, was keeper of the books at the Chambre des Comptes, the central… Read More
influence on Visigothic Spain
In Spain: Visigothic Spain to c. 500 …Roman law embodied in the Theodosian Code. The Codex Euricianus (“Code of Euric”), which was completed in 475 or 483 or under Euric’s son a generation later, was written in Latin and designed as the personal law of the Visigoths. It also addressed relations between Euric’s Roman and Visigothic subjects.… Read More
