Justinian's Legal Code (In Our Time)
534 · Resource
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas brought together under Justinian I, Byzantine emperor in the 6th century AD, which were rediscovered in Western Europe in the Middle Ages and became very influential in the development of laws in many European nations and elsewhere. With Caroline Humfress Professor of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews
On these timelines: In Our Time (BBC podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 534
- Fall of Western Roman Empire (476)
- Muhammad (570)
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire (476)
- Hijra (622)
- Tang dynasty (618)
- Reign of Justinian I (527)
- Muhammad's first revelation (610)
- Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain (450)
- Death of Muhammad (632)
- Hagia Sophia (532)