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  Breviary - LoveToKnow 1911
In 1902, under Leo XIII., a commission under the presidency of Monsignor Louis Duchesne was appointed to consider the Breviary, the Missal, the Pontifical and the Ritual.
The beauty and value of many of the Latin Breviaries were brought to the notice of English churchmen by one of the numbers of the Oxford Tracts for the Times, since which time they have been much more studied, both for their own sake and for the light they throw upon the English Prayer-Book.
In the Breviary the psalms are arranged according to a disposition dating from the 8th century, as follows.
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 Breviary of Alaric. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
), Visigothic code of Roman law issued (506) by King Alaric II for his Roman subjects in Spain and S Gaul.
Based largely on the Theodosian Code and accompanied by valuable commentaries, it was a compilation of contemporary Roman law for the Roman element of the population; the Germanic element was under the authority of the earlier code issued by Euric.
Although both codes were later superseded by the Forum judicum of King Recceswinth, the Breviary remained influential in preserving Roman law in the S and E of France.
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  ALARIC II. - LoveToKnow Article on ALARIC II.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Alaric was an Arian Christian who trusted to the sanctity of Easter for immunity from attack, and the enemies of Stilicho reproached him for having gained his victory by taking an unfair advantage of the great Christian festival.
The wife of Alaric is said to have been taken prisoner after this battle; and there is some reason to suppose that he was hampered in his movements by the presence with his forces of large numbers of women and children, having given to his invasion of Italy the character of a national migration.
However this may befor our information at this point of the story is miserably meagreon the 24th of August 410 Alaric and his Goths burst in by the Salarian gate on the north-east of the city, and she who was of late the mistress of the world lay at the feet of the barbarians.
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 Alaric II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In religion Alaric was an Arian, but he greatly mitigated the persecuting policy of his father Euric towards the Catholics and authorized them to hold in 506 the council of Agde.
This is generally known as the Breviarium Alaricianum, or Breviary of Alaric.
Alaric was of a peaceful disposition, and endeavoured strictly to maintain the treaty which his father had concluded with the Franks, whose king Clovis I, however, desiring to obtain the Gothic province in Gaul, found a pretext for war in the Arianism of Alaric.
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 Alaric II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In religion Alaric was an Arian, like all the early Visigothic nobles, but he greatly mitigated the persecuting policy of his father Euric towards the Catholics and authorized them to hold in 506 the council of Agde.
He was on uneasy terms with the catholic bishops of Arles as epitomized in the career of the Frankish Caesarius, bishop of Arles, born at Châlons and appointed bishop in 503.
The two armies met in 507 at the Battle of Vouillé, near Poitiers, where the Goths were defeated, and their king, who took to flight, was overtaken and slain, it is said, by Clovis himself.
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 60th Generation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
King Alaric Balthas of the Visigoths II was born circa 475.
Alaric, like his father, was an Arian Christian, but he mitigated the persecution of Catholics and authorized the Catholic council at Agde in 506.
Alaric is said to have been overtaken in flight and killed by Clovis himself.
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 Breviary - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Breviary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
A breviary (from Latin brevis, 'short' or 'concise') is a liturgical book containing the public or canonical prayers, hymns, the Psalms, readings, and notations for everyday use, especially for priests, in the Divine Office (i.e.
Before the advent of printing, breviaries were written by hand and were often richly decorated with initials and miniature illustrations telling stories in the lives of Christ or the saints, or stories from the Bible.
Later printed breviaries usually have woodcut illustrations, interesting in their own right but the poor relation of the beautifully-illuminated breviaries.
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 Celtic World > Ancient Peoples
Alaric invaded Greece and then Italy, and in 410 he captured and pillaged the city of Rome.
Wallia was succeeded by the reputed son of Alaric, Theodoric I, who died fighting as an ally of Rome against the Huns at the Battle of Châlons.
In order to instill greater loyalty in his rebellious Roman and Christian subjects, Alaric II in 506 introduced the collection of laws known as the Breviary of Alaric.
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 JOHN SHERREN BREWER - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN SHERREN BREWER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The responsories are similar in form to the antiphons, but come at the end of the psalm, being originally the reply of the choir or congregation to the precentor who recited the psalm.
Augustine, Hilary, Athanasius, Isidore, Gregory the Great and othei-s, and formed part of the library of which the Breviary was the ultimate compendium.
The collects of the Breviary are largely drawn from the Gelasian and other Sacramentaries, and they are used to sum up the dominant idea of the festival in connection with which they happen to be used.
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 2. The Visigoths. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
Alaric, disappointed in his hopes at the death of Theodosius, was elected king by the Visigoths, and ravaged Thrace to the gates of Constantinople.
Alaric was made magister militum in Illyricum, and Stilicho, out of favor in Constantinople, was declared a public enemy.
Alaric began a thrust into Italy, probably because of the triumph of an anti-German faction in Constantinople, and ravaged Venetia.
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 Encyclopedia: Alaric II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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Arianism was a Christological view held by followers of Arius in the early Christian Church, claiming that Jesus Christ and God the Father were not always contemporary, seeing the Son as a divine being, created by the Father (and consequently inferior to Him) at some point in time, before which...
Amalaric (died 531), king of the Visigoths, son of Alaric II, was a child when his father fell in battle against Clovis I, king of the Franks, in (507).
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Breviary of Alaric, also known as Lex Romana Visigothorum (Roman Law of the Visigoths), important collection of Roman laws compiled under Alaric II,...
Alaric II (died 507), king of the Visigoths (484-507), succeeding his father, Euric.
He ruled all Gaul beyond the Loire and the Rhône, and most of...
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 Chapter 5: Pagan Survivals in Visigothic Spain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Alaric II, who became ruler in 484, reversed the harsh religious policy of his father and thereby won the loyalty of many of his Catholic subjects.
The council which with the permission of Alaric II was held at Agde in southeastern France in the year 506, proves that the practice of magic and divination was not confined to the laity, but had even penetrated to the ranks of the clergy.
By the new code of Alaric II the practice of paganism became an offense punishable by law throughout the Visigothic kingdom of Spain.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum) is a collection of Roman law, compiled by order of Alaric II, king of the Visigoths, with the advice of his bishops and nobles, in the year 506, the twenty-second year of his reign.
It applied, not to the Visigothic nobles under their own law, which had been formulated by Euric, but to the Gallo-Roman population, living under Visigoth rule south of the Loire and, in Book 16, to the members of the Trinitarian Catholic Church.
The Breviary had the effect of preserving the traditions of Roman law in Aquitania and Gallia Narbonensis, which became both Provence and Septimania, thus reinforcing their sense of enduring continuity, broken in the Frankish north.
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 ALARIC II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
This is generally known as the Breviarium Alaricianuni, or Breviary of Alaric (q.v..) Alaric.
was of a peaceful disposition, and endeavoured strictly to main- tain the treaty which his father had concluded with the Franks, whose king Clovis, however, desiring to obtain the Gothic province in Gaul, found a pretext for war in the Arianism of Alaric.
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 BREVIARY OF ALARIC,
also known as Lex Romana Visigothorum (Roman Law of the Visigoths), important collection of Roman laws compiled under Alaric II, king of the Visigoths.
Issued in ad 506 at Toulouse (now in France), the code was designed for Alaric’s Roman subjects and was almost exclusively Roman in character.
It was derived from the Code and Novels of the Roman emperor Theodosius II (ad 401–50), the Institutes of the Roman jurist Gaius (c.
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 Alaric - Profile : Alaric Karczag :. GarageGames
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Visigothic king 395—410 who campaigned against the Romans in the Balkans Alaric was buried in the bed of the river Busento in southern Italy.
Early in his life Alaric, the son of a Visigothic king, volunteered for the Alaric was a Christian convert, so he ordered his army not to molest women
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 Breviary of Alaric - Encyclopedia.com
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Breviary of Alaric, Visigothic code of Roman law issued (506) by King Alaric II for his Roman subjects in Spain and S Gaul.
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 BREVIARY OF ALARIC (Br... - Online Information article about BREVIARY OF ALARIC (Br...
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 breviary - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about breviary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
But the inheritance consisted in this only, a scrap of paper on which Spada had written: -- `I bequeath to my beloved nephew my coffers, my books, and, amongst others, my breviary with the gold corners, which I beg he will preserve in remembrance of his affectionate uncle.
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"Which is turning out his pockets," said Father Brown, and proceeded to do so, displaying seven and sixpence, a return ticket, a small silver crucifix, a small breviary, and a stick of chocolate.
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 Spainish Legal History
The most important Germanic code, the Breviary of Alaric (or the Lex romana visigothorum), is actually a compilation of texts or pieces of classical Roman law and jurisprudence designed to regulate the relations of the local subject population, much as Euric’s code regulated the Germanic overlords.
Alaric’s breviary was “published” about A.D. 506 and reinforced the “duality” of the Germanic approach to legislation.
This double system of separate laws to be applied to separate populations ultimately gave way to the ascendancy of a single, stronger Germanic law applied throughout the region.
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 BREVIARY OF ALARIC - LoveToKnow Article on BREVIARY OF ALARIC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
BREVIARY OF ALARIC - LoveToKnow Article on BREVIARY OF ALARIC
It is termed a code (codex), in the certificate of Anianus, the kings referendary, but unlike the code of Justinian, from which the writings of jurists were excluded, it comprises both imperial constitutions (leges) and juridical treatises (jura).
To properly cite this BREVIARY OF ALARIC article in your work, copy the complete reference below:
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 New Catholic Dictionary: Caesarius of Arles, Saint   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He visited Pope Symmachus at Rome, received from him the pallium and the use of the dalmatic for the deacons of his diocese, and was made Apostolic Vicar of Gaul and Spain.
Prior to this he published theramous adaptation of the Roman law known as the "Breviary of Alaric," which eventually became the civil code of Gaul.
He was a popular preacher, many of his sermons having come down to us.
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 alaric - OneLook Dictionary Search
Alaric : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
ALARIC : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
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 AllRefer.com - Breviary of Alaric (Law: Divisions And Codes) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Breviary of Alaric (Law: Divisions And Codes) - Encyclopedia
Breviary of Alaric[a´lurik] Pronunciation Key, Visigothic code of Roman law issued (506) by King Alaric II for his Roman subjects in Spain and S Gaul.
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 Alaric II Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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 Tertullian: M.R.JAMES, Two Ancient English Scholars : St Aldhelm and William of Malmesbury, Glasgow, 1931
It is not the Code of Justinian, but an earlier compilation, made by King Alaric II of Spain about the year 506, known nowadays as the Breviary of Alaric, together with the Novellae or Laws of late Emperors from Theodosius to Anthemius, and fragments of the legal writers Paulus and Gaius.
The story of the Trojan war attributed to Dares, Orosius’ history of the world, Eutropius’s Roman history, continued by Paul the Deacon, Jordanes’ Roman history, and a summary of the story of the later Emperors compiled by William himself and brought down to the year 1137.
A telling little point is this, that passages from both the Breviary of Alaric and the historian Jordanes (which, we know, are among the rare books copied by William) are inserted in the Cambridge MS.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Spain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Vandals, after establishing themselves in Baetica, to which they gave the name of Vandalusia (Andalusia), passed on into Africa, while the Visigoths hemmed in the Suevi in Galicia until the latter were completely brought under control.
These Visigoths, or Western Goths, after sacking Rome under the leadership of Alaric (410), turned towards the Iberian Peninsula, with Ataulf for their leader, and occupied the north-eastern portion, which thereafter received the name of Gotha-landia (Catalaunia, later Catalonia).
In the following reigns the Catholic kings of France assumed the rôle of protectors of the Hispano-Roman Catholics against the Arianism of the Visigoths, and in the wars which ensued Alaric II and Amalric lost their lives.
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