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The laws of King Ervig concerning the Jews, included in the codification of law known as the Lex Visigothorum, are read in the basilica of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) in Toledo (central Spain) in 680.

Evidence ID

E04221

Type of Evidence

Canonical and legal texts

Lex Visigothorum, Book XII, Chapter 3

Lecte sunt leges suprascripte omnibus Iudeis in ecclesia sancte Marie Toleto sub die VI. Kal. Feb. anno feliciter primo regni gloriosi domini nostri Ervigii regis.

'The aforementioned laws were recited to all the Jews in the church of Holy Mary in Toledo on the 6th day before the Kalends of February in the first year of the reign of the glorious king, our lord Ervig'.


Text: Zeumer 1902, 456.
Translation: M. Szada.

Cult Places

Cult building - independent (church)

Protagonists in Cult and Narratives

Jews
Monarchs and their family

Source

The Lex Visigothorum (known also as the Liber iudiciorum, 'Book of judgements') is a codification of law first composed during the reign of King Leovigild (569-586) on the basis of the Code of King Euric, composed in the mid 5th century. However, all extant manuscripts, the earliest ones from the 9th century, represent either the revised version of the code from the reign of King Reccesvinth (649-672; redaction R in the edition of Zeumer), or its enlarged version from the reigns of Kings Ervig (680-687) and Ecgica (687-702; redaction E in the edition of Zeumer), or the so-called Vulgate redaction (V in the edition of Zeumer).

The cited phrase closes the collection of 28 laws concerning Jews issued by King Ervig in the first year of his reign together with six other decrees form his original contribution to the codification revised during his reign. See also E04219 and E04220.


Bibliography

Edition:
Zeumer, K., Leges Visigothorum (Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Leges nationum Germanicarum I; Hannover: Hahn, 1902).

Further reading:
Collins, R., Visigothic Spain, 409-711 (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004).


Record Created By

Marta Szada

Date of Entry

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00033Mary, Mother of ChristMariaCertain


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