HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: New Approach, Imperium, Rationality

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Ius commune reception of roman law (meaning: the peoples began to be influenced by roman law) Common law for germans (each tribe = different) family of legal systems (single law system) Customary law unwritten, immutable (=>uncertainty but evolution: usus: material element, opinio iuris: psychological element. Each one had its own legal system: ius proprium. There were two dignitates (dignities) on earth: papal and regal . But even if they were distinguished, they were separated. West: germanic law east: roman law (+ emperor imperium) Promulgation of statute laws bc influence by the romans: promulgated by the king, consent of the assembly needed , written in latin (590 604) Pivot for the formation of the western church and latin west. Ruled over various peoples king of the kings. Result: 1 empire in the west problematic for eastern emperor. Pope renovatio imperii of the imperium romanum (prove to the east that the western empire was equal to them)