Salic law
major body of Frankish law governing all the Franks of Frankia under the rule of its kings during the Old Frankish Period
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Summary
Salic law is a code of law[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of code of law entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,540 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Named after: Salian Franks[3]
- Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France[4]
- Part of: Early Germanic law[5]
- Commons category: Lex Salica[6]
- Language of work or name: Latin[7]
- Said to be the same as: Salic law[8]
- Legislated by: Visogast[9], Arogast[10], Salegast[11], Windogast[12]
- Point in time: 500[13]
- Has edition or translation: Loi salique[14], The Salic Law[15]
- Applies to jurisdiction: Francia[16]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[17], Otto's encyclopedia[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Great Encyclopedia of Cyril and Methodius[20], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[25], The New Student's Reference Work[26]
- Native label: Lex Salica[27]
- Different from: Loi salique (jeu)[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]
- P14541: 3B6A62[30], 1p7HXl[31]
Why It Matters
Salic law has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]