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Early Law / The Rights Of A Patron

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A 5 page paper discussing the relationship between the Digest that was part of the Corpus Iuris Civilis ordered recorded by Emperor Justinian of the early Byzantine Empire, c. 534. Only two Articles of the body of civil law of the Empire are examined here (Articles XIV and XV), but their relationship to the evolution of the lord and serf relationship of medieval Europe is clear. Remarkably, they even retain applicability to life today. Ariticles XIV and XV address the rights of the patron and the obedience to parents and patrons required of children who were under the age of majority, which at that time was 25. Bibliography lists 1 source.

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the rights of a Patron over the freedmen and freedwomen who worked and resided in his service in exchange for his protection. Article XV., The Obedience to be Offered to Parents and Patrons, delineates the rights and responsibilities of children of freedmen owe both to their parents and to their parents patron. Article XIV (Rights) lists the opinions of several of the learned men contemporary in the early Byzantine Empire, all of whom had published their own books of opinion on civil law before Emperor Justinian ordered the compilation of the Digest. The ones mentioned in just this one short Article are Ulpian, Marcellus and Modestinus. Article XV. also lists Julian, Tryphoninus and Papinian in addition to Ulpian. Justinians purpose was to collect in one reference work the entire body of civil law, not only that traditionally in force, but also as it had been interpreted by others, apparently in order to give full range of flexibility to those Governors hearing the case in question and deciding the fate of an offender. There are several instances of descriptions of varying circumstance. Emperor Justinian realized that circumstances did indeed differ in each situation but that the situations themselves could be categorized according to their severity of infraction. That severity of infraction would determine the severity of the punishment associated with it. There is no mention in the Article that the freedman owed his patron anything but his respect and gratitude for the patrons protection. It is interesting to note that in spite of the protection provided by the patron in return for the freedmans work in his service, there is no mention of any form of payment, either in cash or in livestock, owed to the patron ...

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