Remarks on the creation and the prologue of Lex Baiuvariorum

Abstract

Lex Baiuvariorum is Bavaria’s most important and earliest source in terms of legal history. This paper deals with the history of the creation of Lex Baiuvariorum. More specifically, dwelling on the issues of dating of Lex Baiuvariorum (I), possible connect ions between the content of the narrative in the Prologus and the process of making the code of laws (II), significance of the first two titles of the code in terms of dating (III) and problems arising with regard to the process of editing Lex Baiuvariorum (IV).