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Assizes of Ariano

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  • Roger II, mosaic depicting his coronation by Christ, 12th century; in the church of La Martorana, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
    Roger II
    / The Assizes of Ariano

    After the pacification of South Italy, the king promulgated in 1140 at the so-called Assizes of Ariano a corpus of law covering every aspect of his rule. He then returned to Palermo, which he seldom left again. There he spent his last…

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    After the pacification of South Italy, the king promulgated in 1140 at the so-called Assizes of Ariano a corpus of law covering every aspect of his rule. He then returned to Palermo, which he seldom left again. There he spent his last…

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