ABOUT THIS BOOK

A groundbreaking account of the early reception of Roman law.

Private law in the Czech Republic, as in many countries, has its roots in Roman law, which reached its peak through codification by Emperor Justinian. However, modern civil codes are not directly based on Roman law source texts but rather on their later reception by medieval and modern jurists. In Glossators and Commentators at the Strahov Library, Marek Novák identifies the earliest jurists of Roman law as he sorts through the previously unorganized collection of the library of the Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians at Strahov, analyzing manuscripts, incunabula, and old prints.

With updated shelf marks and catalogue corrections, Novák has created the perfect practical guide to the Strahov Library’s legal collection for scholars of legal history and manuscript studies.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Marek Novák is assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, Charles University.

REVIEWS

"This is a book that is in its own way timeless and at the same time practical, as it can serve more than well as a guide for future researchers."

— Michal Skrejpek, Charles University in Prague

"Novák identifies altogether 26 authors and 342 items contained in an incredible 186 separate volumes, which testifies to the exceptional nature of this work, surpassing the boundaries of Czechoslovak legal Roman studies."

— Róbert Brtko, Comenius University in Bratislava

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
GETTING TO KNOW THE FOUNDATIONS
STATE OF KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES
METHOD OF RESEARCH
1. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE RECEPTION OF ROMAN LAW
2. GLOSSATORS
2.1 LEGAL SCHOOL
2.2 LITERARY FORMS
2.2.1 Glossae
2.2.2 Summae
2.2.3 Tractatus
2.2.4 Quaestiones
2.2.5 Lecturae
2.2.6 Other forms
2.3 AUTHORS AND WRITINGS AT THE STRAHOV LIBRARY
2.3.1 Accursius
2.3.2 Azo
2.3.3 Odofredus
2.3.4 Placentinus
2.3.5 Roffredus
3. COMMENTATORS
3.1 LEGAL SCHOOL
3.2 LITERARY FORMS
3.2.1 Commentaria
3.2.2 Tractatus
3.2.3 Consilia
3.2.4 Quaestiones disputatae
3.2.5 Repetitiones
3.2.6 Other forms
3.3 AUTHORS AND WRITINGS AT THE STRAHOV LIBRARY
3.3.1 Accoltis Aretinus, Franciscus de
3.3.2 Bologninus, Ludovicus
3.3.3 Castro, Paulus de
3.3.4 Cumanus, Raphael Raymundus
3.3.5 Decius, Philippus
3.3.6 Fulgosius, Raphael
3.3.7 Gambilionibus, Angelus Aretinus de
3.3.8 Laudensis, Martinus Garratus
3.3.9 Mayno, Jason de
3.3.10 Mugellanus, Dinus de Rossonis
3.3.11 Penna, Lucas de
3.3.12 Pistorio, Cinus de Sigibuldis de
3.3.13 Pontanus, Ludovicus
3.3.14 Rosate, Albericus de
3.3.15 Salyceto, Bartholomaeus de
3.3.16 Sancto Petro, Florianus de
3.3.17 Saxoferrato, Bartolus de
3.3.18 Socinus, Bartholomaeus
3.3.19 Tartagnus, Alexander
3.3.20 Ubaldis, Angelus de
3.3.21 Ubaldis, Baldus de
CONCLUSION
LIST OF SOURCES