E-kniha Glossators and Commentators at the Strahov Library

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 ...

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 on their later reception by medieval and modern jurists. This study aims to identify writings by authors belonging to the earliest stages of Roman law reception in the as-of-yet unsorted collection of the library of the Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians at Strahov. It discovers the works of glossators and commentators, analyses manuscripts, incunabula, and old pri