Accursius

Accursius (* 1182/85 in Bagnolo all'Impruneta at Florence; † 1260/63 in Bologna) belonged to the group of glossators. He studied law at the University of Bologna. One of his teachers was azo. From about 1215 Accursius worked there as a teacher of law.

Accursius wrote the so-called Glossa ordinaria (summary of to get written glosses ). This Glossary includes about 97,000 glosses. He wanted to create a full explanation of the Corpus Juris Civilis, which explains this body of law uniformly and consistently. The Glossa ordinaria achieved in practice some law-like power and turned to speak before the text of the Corpus Juris Civilis: To those who relied on the text of the law to argue ordinaria against the Glossa, could be countered that it would be presumptuous to believe that one can understand the text better than Accursius ( " Quidquid non agnoscit glossa, non agnoscit curia ' - What the Glossa ordinaria not recognize, recognize [ even ] the court has not made ). With Accursius and his monumental work, which was completed in 1230, ending the Glossator school.

The later sources in the Accursius attributed first name " Franciscus ", like other epithets ( "bonus ", " Azoninus " ) also, no historical basis. Several of his sons are also acted as lawyers. Among them, Francis (* 1225 ), who also worked at the English court under Edward I., the most significant. To distinguish him from his father, he is called Franciscus Accursii, ie Franciscus ( son ) of Accursius. Dante is one of Franciscus to the sodomites in hell ( Inferno V, 109).