1 janv. 1150 - Rediscovery of Justinian’s 6th- c. Roman lawcode c. 1100 (lost in West since c.600)

Description:

New institutional govts need written laws, enforced by a centralized system of lawcourts

Larger territories need law across different local customs

Roman law grants govt power independent of the church or pope

Society shifts from personal relations to written laws and institutions

Even the Church systematized canon law (Gratian’s Decretum -12th c.)
to untangle contradictions

Secular & canon law = two main fields of university study, leading to careers.