SAINT-MARTIN (Monsieur l'Abbé de) – THE ESTABLISHMENTS OF SAINT LOUIS, KING OF FRANCE, according to the original text, and rendered in modern language, with notes
SAINT-MARTIN (Monsieur l'Abbé de) – THE ESTABLISHMENTS OF SAINT LOUIS, KING OF FRANCE, according to the original text, and rendered in modern language, with notes
SAINT-MARTIN (Monsieur l'Abbé de) – THE ESTABLISHMENTS OF SAINT LOUIS, KING OF FRANCE, according to the original text, and rendered in modern language, with notes
    SAINT-MARTIN (Monsieur l'Abbé de)
    THE ESTABLISHMENTS OF SAINT LOUIS, KING OF FRANCE, according to the original text, and rendered in modern language, with notes
Édition :
    Paris
Date :
    1786
    in-12, pl. tan calfskin, gilt title on burgundy morocco binding on spine with 5 raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, friezes and rolls, red edge, gilt fillet on edges, blind fillet framing the covers, (joints slightly marked, corners and headcaps slightly worn with some small losses to corners and edges), XXIV-540 p.
    The Establishments known as the Laws of Saint Louis were compiled between All Saints' Day 1272 and June 19, 1273. The book enjoyed immense success and considerable influence; it was compiled by a scholar from Orléans and did not originate from the King of France. The Establishments are based on: 1) Regulations concerning procedure before the Provost of Paris and the Ordinance of Saint Louis abolishing judicial duels (Book 1, Chapters I-VII); 2) A custom from Anjou, written around 1246, the text of which has survived separately (Book 1, Chapters VIII-CLXVIII); 3) A custom from Orléans, the text of which has not been found, but whose existence can easily be proven with certainty (Book II). The compiler's methods are very simple: he enriches the texts he copies with frequent allusions to Roman and canon law; he inserts various reflections of his own; in the last part of his work, he is clearly concerned with harmonizing the custom of Orléans with the previously copied custom of Anjou, and, consequently, he treats this Orléans custom with even less respect than the Anjou custom copied first: this, at least, appears to be the result of a careful comparison of various chapters of Book II of the Establishments with Book I, on the one hand, and with certain Orléans texts, on the other. We can thus determine with a high degree of probability some of the alterations that the compiler deliberately made to the original text before him. Chapters XXV and XXXIX of Book II appear to have undergone serious revisions of this kind: by reconstructing the original custom by way of conjecture, we find a much more satisfactory text.

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