Lex Burgundionum

The Lex Burgundionum, also known as the Lex Gundobada, was a code of law issued by King Gundobad of the Burgundians in the early 6th century. It applied to all of Gundobad's subjects, both Burgundians and Romans. This code is considered one of the Leges Barbarorum, or laws of the barbarians, which were early written collections of Germanic law dating from the 5th to 9th centuries.12

Unlike some other Germanic laws, the Lex Burgundionum shows less Roman influence and is considered to be from a pre-Christian era in its original form. The Leges Barbarorum generally focused on specific situations, court procedures, monetary compensation for violence, and inheritance, rather than comprehensive legal rules. The Lex Burgundionum was later supplemented by the Lex Romana Burgundionum for the Roman subjects.321