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It lasted from the 3rd until the 6th century - from the death of Alexander Severus Roman Emperor in 235 AD (after Christ) until the legal compilation ordered by Justinian in 533 AD.
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From 238 until 305
Roman Emperor who eliminated the general crisis in the Empire on economical, political, social fields. He stabilized the empire and appointed co-emperors to lead the country: Maximian and Augustus, this regulation led to the creation of the tetrarchy. -
Roman Emperor who eliminated the general crisis in the Empire on economical, political, social fields. He stabilized the empire and appointed co-emperors to lead the country: Maximian and Augustus, this regulation led to the creation of the tetrarchy.
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-Germanic Law
-Gothic custom altered by Romanic law.
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The fall of the Empire has always been viewed as the end of the ancient world and the onset/start of the Middle Ages.
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-Also called Lex Romana Visigothorum.
-Roman Law.
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Justinian has an outstanding importance regarding the Roman Law and the Roman empire as well. He reigned as emperor of the Byzantine Empire during this period and he was the last one who tried to recover the old Roman empire.
He tried to achieve his goal in three different ways
1. Territorial unification
2. Religious peace
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-Review of the Code of Euric.
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-Dissapearance of the jurists.
-Law is not an autonomous science.
-The Western Roman Empire.
-The Eastern Roman Empire.
-The Emperor´s lost dream.
-"Per pugnam sine justitia" -
-Roman Law.
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In this period of time new urban markets appeared, among other things.
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Pope Gregory VII promulgated the Dictatus Papae, that transformed the canonical life.
He thought a reform was necessary -
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There were disagreements between The Pope and The Emperor, concercing the bishops appointing. -