Jurists and Jurisprudence in Medieval Italy: Texts and Contexts

Cover
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Short Titles
Introduction
1. Professors and Students
	1. Foundations
		1.1. The Constitution Habita of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa (1155/58)
		1.2. Accursius’s Glosses to the Constitution Habita
		1.3. Students as Citizens in the Statutes of Modena (1327)
	2. “We Give You the Licence to Teach Here and Everywhere”
		2.1. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium on the Studium Generale of Milan (ca. 1393−1396)
	3. Privileges of Doctors and Students
		3.1. Simon of Borsano, Privileges of Doctors and Students (1361−1370)
	4. How to Teach and Study Canon and Civil Law
		4.1. Franciscus de Zabarellis, How to Teach and Study Canon and Civil Law (ca. 1410)
	5. The Many Dwelling Places of Civil Wisdom
		5.1. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Oration on Conferring the Doctorate of Law
	6. Death Benefits
		6.1. Consilium of Jacobus Niccoli (1400)
	7. Hired Hands
		7.1. Azo, Hiring (1208−1210)
		7.2. Rainerius of Perugia, Leasing out a Work to Be Copied (1242)
		7.3. Salatiele, Copyists, and Other Persons Obligating Themselves to Perform Services [Contract and Glosses] (1248−1254)
		7.4. Rolandinus de Passegeriis, Hiring Another Person’s Services to Copy a Work (1273)
	8. Law Students’ Books
		8.1. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium [I] (ca. 1393–1396)
		8.2. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium [II] (ca. 1393–1396)
	9. “Many Books”
		9.1. Oldradus de Ponte, Whether It Is Advantageous to Have Many Books (ca. 1320s)
	10. Nobility, Usefulness, and Origin of Law
		10.1. Doctoral Oration (ca. 1450)
2. Legal Profession
	11. Advocates
		11.1. Guilelmus Durantis, Mirror of Law (ca. 1284−1289)
	12. Fees
		12.1. Azo, Quaestio disputata
	13. Proof of a Doctoral Degree
		13.1. Certifying a Judge’s Doctoral Degree in Florence (1374)
	14. Bella Figura: Florentine Jurists and Their Wives
		14.1. Deliberation of the Guild of Judges and Notaries of Florence (9 Sept. 1366)
		14.2. Provisions of Florence’s Sumptuary Laws, 1377 and 1388
		14.3. Stephanus de Bonacursis and Others, Consilium on the Exemption of Jurists and Their Wives from Florence’s Sumptuary Laws (1390)
	15. A Waste of Time
		15.1. Franco Sacchetti, Novella XL (ca. 1392−1393)
	16. “From the Mouth of God”
		16.1. Eulogy of Marianus Socinus the Elder of Siena (1467)
3. Civil and Criminal Procedure
	17. Civil Procedure
		17.1. Civil Procedure in the Statutes of Florence (1415)
	18. Consilium Sapientis
		18.1. Requesting a consilium sapientis, Statutes of Florence (1415)
	19. Witnesses
		19.1. Treatise on Witnesses (Scientiam) (ca. 1230s)
	20. False Testimony
		20.1. Franciscus de Guicciardinis, Consilium (ca. 1505−1516)
	21. Criminal Procedure
		21.1. Albertus Gandinus, Tract on Crimes (1300)
		21.2. Judicial Inquiry of Albertus Gandinus against Cambinus Belli of Florence (1289)
		21.3. Expenses Incurred during a Trial (1298)
4. Crime
	22. Wounds from Assault
		22.1. Tract on Wounds
	23. Self-defence
		23.1. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1384)
	24. Vendetta
		24.1. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1391–1393)
	25. Adultery
		25.1. Ivus de Coppolis, Consilium (ca. 1420–1441)
	26. Abortion
		26.1. Digest, Glossa, and Bartolus of Sassoferrato
		26.2. Statutes of Biella (1245)
		26.3. Statutes of Siena (1309)
		26.4. Statutes of Castiglion Aretino (1384)
		26.5. Albericus of Rosciate, Questions Concerning Statutes (1358)
5. Personal and Civic Status
	27. Serfdom
		27.1. Martinus of Fano, Serfs (ca. 1256−1259)
		27.2. Martinus of Fano, Notarial Forms for Drafting Contracts and Written Complaints (ca. 1232)
	28. Citizenship
		28.1. Statutes of Arezzo (1327): “Rubrics on Making New Citizens”
	29. Citizen Bartolus
		29.1. Petition to Grant Bartolus of Sassoferrato and His Brother Bonacursius Perugian Citizenship (1348)
	30. Making New Citizens
		30.1. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Consilium
	31. Dual Citizenship
		31.1. An Anonymous Opinion and Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1376−1379)
	32. Loss and Reacquisition of Citizenship
		32.1. Angelus de Ubaldis, Consilium
	33. Married Women’s Citizenship (1)
		33.1. Digest, Code, Glossa, and Bartolus of Sassoferrato
	34. Married Women’s Citizenship (2)
		34.1. Jacobus of Fermo, Consilium (ca. 1400)
		34.2. Dionisius de Barigianis, Consilium (ca. post 1411)
	35. Jews as Citizens
		35.1. Ordinance on the Privileges and Obligations of Jewish Residents of Perugia (1381)
6. Family Matters
	36. Paternal Power (Patria Potestas)
		36.1. Institutes (1.9): “Paternal Power”
		36.2. Glosses to Institutes (1.9): “Paternal Power”
		36.3. Angelus de Gambilionibus, Commentary to § Ius autem (Inst. 1.9.2) (ca. 1441−1449)
		36.4. Statutes of Perugia (1342): “Damnable Children Harming Their Own Parents”
		36.5. Statutes of Chianciano (1287): “Contract Made by a Son-in-Power”
		36.6. Albericus of Rosciate, Questions Concerning Statutes (1358)
		36.7. Franciscus de Guicciardinis, Consilium (ca. 1505−1516)
	37. Children Born Illegitimately
		37.1. Benedictus de Barzis, Children Born Illegitimately (1456)
	38. Contracting Marriage in Late Medieval Florence
		38.1. Betrothal Contract (Sponsalitium) (1391)
		38.2. Contracting Marriage (Anulum) (1391)
	39. Dowries
		39.1. Martinus Gosia, The Law of Dowries (ca. 1140)
	40. Vested Interests
		40.1. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Commentary to Dig. 24. 3. 66. 1, In his rebus quas, § Servis uxoris
		40.2. Angelus de Ubaldis, Consilium
		40.3. Petrus de Albisis, Consilium
	41. Prohibition of Gifts between Husband and Wife
		41.1. Dig. 24. 1. 1, Moribus
		41.2. Dig. 24. 1. 2, Non cessat
		41.3. Baldus de Ubaldis, [First] Commentary to Dig. 24. 1. 1, Moribus
		41.4. Baldus de Ubaldis, [Second] Commentary to Dig. 24. 1. 1, Moribus
		41.5. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1396−1400)
	42. Remarriage of Widows and Conflicting Claims to the Dowry
		42.1. Franciscus de Albergottis, Consilium (ca. 1362−1364)
		42.2. Baldus de Ubaldis, Consilium (ca. 1362−1364)
	43. Testamentary and Intestate Succession
		43.1. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Last Will (1356)
		43.2. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Consilium on Succession in stirpes or in capita
		43.3. Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Consilium on Succession by Line of Descent
		43.4. Angelus de Ubaldis, Consilium
	44. Fraternal Households
		44.1. Jacobus de Balduinis, Brothers Living Together (ca. post 1213)
	45. Support
		45.1. Martinus of Fano, Support (ca. 1265−1272)
Glossary
Appendix 1. The Medieval System of Legal Citations
Appendix 2. Selected Jurists
Index