LEX VISIGOTHORUM

LEX VISIGOTHORUM lex Visigothorum (leks viz-[schwa]-gah-thor-[schwa]m). [Latin ¡°law of the Visigoths¡±] The law of a division of the Goths (a Germanic tribe) known as the Visigoths, who conquered Spain in the 5th century. ? In the late 7th century, Kings Recceswinth and Erwig imposed a Visigothic common law, and it is to this law that […]