THE TACITUS’ “TRIADE”, ROYAL JURIRSDICTION AND THE ROYAL COURT’S PROCEEDINGS IN LATE MEROVINGIAN FRANCE

Merovingian royal court’s records of proceedings allow one to make a judgment on the ways in which dynasties sought to legitimize their rule. The investigation of the placita shows that the legal principles they sought to prove and defend were of fairly limited social significance since it could be expected that many of the widows would enter the protection ... continue reading->

Keywords: Merovingian dynasty; The Frankish kingdom; judicial privilege