HIST-1106EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Extravagantes, Accursius, Bartolus De Saxoferrato
13 Nov 2020
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Glossators = earlier generations of civilians (until 1263) Commentators = the ones after them (from 1263) Great contribution to the development of scholastic method. Primary aim: to disclose the justinian text. Annotations written in the margin around the original text. Sometimes: brief comments inserted between the lines. Basic, literary clarification on points of vocabulary / syntax. Deeper into the material content of the law. Aim: explaining the text discovering the ideal law hidden within the authoritative fount of legal wisdom. Roman law: not a systemized legal system, only remedies for specific cases. Glossators" task: to mould the material into a coherent system. Glossators: no mere scholars often providing opinion. No strong bond between jurisprudence and legal practice: azo and accursius. Glossa redacta: glosses written down by the professor himself glossa reportata: written down by students during lecturae. Number of important apparatuses produced around 1200 by azo (c. 1150-c. 1220/30) Endpoint of glossing activities: - glossa ordinaria of accursius (c. 1185-1263)
