Laws of King Grimoald
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The Laws of King Grimoald are a later Lombard legal code that expanded and updated the earlier Edictum Rothari under the rule of King Grimoald in early medieval Italy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Laws of King Grimoald canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9339084 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laws of King Grimoald Context triple: [Edictum Rothari, followedBy, Laws of King Grimoald]
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A.
Edictum Rothari
The Edictum Rothari is a 7th-century Lombard law code issued by King Rothari that represents one of the earliest written compilations of Germanic customary law in medieval Italy.
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B.
Constitutions of Melfi
The Constitutions of Melfi were a comprehensive 13th-century legal code for the Kingdom of Sicily that centralized royal authority and became a landmark in the development of medieval European law.
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C.
Code of Euric
The Code of Euric was an early written legal code issued by the Visigothic king Euric in the late 5th century, codifying Germanic customary law and Roman legal traditions for his kingdom.
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D.
Statute of Sicily
The Statute of Sicily is the foundational legal charter that grants the Italian region of Sicily a special autonomous status with its own legislative powers and institutions.
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E.
Gratian’s Decretum
Gratian’s Decretum is a 12th-century canon law collection that systematized and harmonized Church legal texts, becoming the foundational textbook for medieval ecclesiastical law.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laws of King Grimoald Target entity description: The Laws of King Grimoald are a later Lombard legal code that expanded and updated the earlier Edictum Rothari under the rule of King Grimoald in early medieval Italy.
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A.
Edictum Rothari
The Edictum Rothari is a 7th-century Lombard law code issued by King Rothari that represents one of the earliest written compilations of Germanic customary law in medieval Italy.
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B.
Constitutions of Melfi
The Constitutions of Melfi were a comprehensive 13th-century legal code for the Kingdom of Sicily that centralized royal authority and became a landmark in the development of medieval European law.
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C.
Code of Euric
The Code of Euric was an early written legal code issued by the Visigothic king Euric in the late 5th century, codifying Germanic customary law and Roman legal traditions for his kingdom.
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D.
Statute of Sicily
The Statute of Sicily is the foundational legal charter that grants the Italian region of Sicily a special autonomous status with its own legislative powers and institutions.
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E.
Gratian’s Decretum
Gratian’s Decretum is a 12th-century canon law collection that systematized and harmonized Church legal texts, becoming the foundational textbook for medieval ecclesiastical law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lombard law code
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legal code ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
clarifying earlier Lombard law
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strengthening royal authority ⓘ updating Lombard legislation ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Lombard Kingdom
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linked to:
Kingdom of the Lombards
Lombard dependents ⓘ Lombard freemen ⓘ Lombard nobles ⓘ free Lombards ⓘ |
| basedOn | customary Lombard law ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of the Lombards ⓘ |
| expanded | Edictum Rothari ⓘ |
| follows | Edictum Rothari ⓘ |
| genre | law code ⓘ |
| hasAuthor |
King Grimoald of Benevento
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linked to:
Grimoald III of Benevento
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| hasLegalConcept |
compensatory fines
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personal status law ⓘ wergild ⓘ |
| hasPart | individual capitula (chapters) ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian norms
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Roman law ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Lombards ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| legalForm | royal edict ⓘ |
| legalStatus | statutory law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Lombard law ⓘ |
| legalTradition |
Germanic law
ⓘ
barbarian law codes ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
civil law
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criminal law ⓘ procedural law ⓘ |
| partOf | Lombard legal tradition ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Italy
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Lombard Italy ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval legal manuscripts ⓘ |
| promulgatedBy | King Grimoald of the Lombards ⓘ |
| regulates |
compensation for injury
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feuds and vendettas ⓘ inheritance ⓘ oaths and ordeals ⓘ property rights ⓘ |
| temporalCoverage | 7th century ⓘ |
| updated | Edictum Rothari ⓘ |
| usedIn | Lombard courts ⓘ |
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Subject: Laws of King Grimoald Description of subject: The Laws of King Grimoald are a later Lombard legal code that expanded and updated the earlier Edictum Rothari under the rule of King Grimoald in early medieval Italy.
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