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The late Roman Corpus Iuris Civilis of Justinian was rediscovered in the Middle Ages, and adopted (with modifications and interpretations) by mediaeval jurists, becoming a common legal system across much of continental Europe by the 16th Century.
kateelliott: Those Irritating Plot Details kateelliott 2009
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However, that had less to do with these Latin phrases than with the fact that they would have to study the Corpus Iuris Civilis in the original at some point.
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Roman jurists developed clarifications to these principles, in the light of particular cases, which is why the Corpus Iuris Civilis contains both commentaries and the Codex.
kateelliott: Those Irritating Plot Details kateelliott 2009
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The arts academy that owns Rembrandt's "Conspiracy of the Batavians Under Claudius Civilis" said Tuesday that it is willing to let the work go for $49 million, less than half its estimated value.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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The arts academy that owns Rembrandt's "Conspiracy of the Batavians Under Claudius Civilis" said Tuesday that it is willing to let the work go for $49 million, less than half its estimated value.
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Lipsius's Politicorum sive Civilis doctrinae libri sex
Justus Lipsius Papy, Jan 2004
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It was this Corpus Iuris Civilis which played the leading role in the great revival of the
Dictionary of the History of Ideas GAINES POST 1968
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[170] Thus Civilis is said by our author (Hist.iv. 61), to have let his hair and beard grow in consequence of a private vow.
The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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[205] In the war of Civilis, related by Tacitus, Hist.iv. and v. [206] By Domitian, as is more particularly mentioned in the Life of
The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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[75] The speech of Civilis was received with this expression of applause.
The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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