Liber Augustalis

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Liber Augustalis is a 13th-century legal code issued by Emperor Frederick II for the Kingdom of Sicily, notable for its centralized, rationalized system of royal law.

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Liber Augustalis canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal code
medieval law code
statute book
alternativeName Constitutiones Regni Siciliae NERFINISHED
Constitutions of Melfi NERFINISHED
appliesToTerritory Kingdom of Sicily NERFINISHED
author Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
centuryOfOrigin 13th century
countryOfJurisdiction Kingdom of Sicily NERFINISHED
hasEffectOn development of European legal codifications
later absolutist legal systems
hasGenre secular legislation
hasPart Constitutiones Regni Siciliae NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Hohenstaufen rule in Sicily
inception 1231
inspiredBy Norman legal traditions
Roman law NERFINISHED
canon law
issuedBy Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
legalForm royal constitutions
legalStatus fundamental law of the Kingdom of Sicily NERFINISHED
legalSubject administrative law
civil law
criminal law
ecclesiastical law
feudal law
public law
legalSystem royal law of the Kingdom of Sicily
mainSubject centralization of royal authority
codification of royal legislation
criminal procedure
regulation of feudal nobility
regulation of the judiciary
relationship between Church and State
royal bureaucracy
urban and commercial regulation
notableFor centralized system of royal law
limiting feudal autonomy
rationalized and systematic legislation
strengthening royal justice
originalLanguage Latin
promulgatedBy royal assembly at Melfi NERFINISHED
promulgationPlace Melfi NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1231
regulates courts and judges
military obligations
relations between laity and clergy
royal officials
taxation
urban communities
titleLanguage Latin

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Constitutions of Melfi alsoKnownAs Liber Augustalis