Abstract
For more than a century, many researchers in History of Law have studied the text of the Costum of Valencia, trying to discover who was its author, what were its documentary sources, how it was composed and organized, and when it was published. All these questions have brief but concise answers in this article, where they are analyzed, and attention is drawn to the importance of the Corpus iuris civilis, the Liber iudicum, the Usatges from Barcelona and the Consuetudines ilerdenses, as the main documentary sources of the Costum of Valencia. Finally the date proposed for its publication is around the 1 st November, 1238.
Highlights
For more than a century, many researchers in History of Law have studied the text of the "Costum" of Valencia, trying to discover who was its author, what were its documentary sources, how it was composed and organized, and when it was published
All these questions have brief but concise answers in this article, where they are analyzed, and attention is drawn to the importance of the "Corpus iuris civilis", the "Liber iudicum", the "Usatges" from Barcelona and the "Consuetudines ilerdenses", as the main documentary sources of the "Costum" of Valencia
The date proposed for its publication is around the 1'^ November, 1238
Summary
Utilizando el plural, se menciona la presencia de los "prohombres de las ciudades"^^ en el acto de promulgación. Principales representantes de las distintas ciudades que colaboraron en La campaña militar que propició la conquista de Valencia, y su cita como tales represen-. REDACCIÓN Y PROMULGACIÓN DE LA " COSTUM " DE VALENCIA 723 tantes también nos dice que el momento en que se está produciendo la promulgación se sitúa en una etapa inicial de la ciudad recién conquistada y tal vez no acabada de repartir; y no en época posterior, en 1240, como en numerosas ocasiones se ha apuntado, porque para esa fecha el uso del plural ya no tendría sentido, al estar definido el municipio a través de los diversos privilegios dados por el rey entre 1238 y 1240, y elegidos los primeros representantes de la ciudad
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