The primacy of this work was championed by Bulgarus, Accursius, and Irnerius in France and Italy.
The primacy of this work was championed by Bulgarus, Accursius, and Irnerius in France and Italy. Those men led the glossators, scholars who expounded on this work, after its rediscovery helped spur the founding of the University of Bologna. This work contains strikingly accurate transcription of quotes by Gaius and includes several writings by Ulpian as part of the Pandects, or Digest. An adaptation of this work was probably begun by Bardas but ironically is named for the person who murdered him, Basil I. Contradictions within this work forced the publication of some namesake "novels" by a commission under Tribonian following the Nika Riots. For 10 points, name this massive collection of law named for a great Byzantine emperor.
The primacy of this work was championed by Bulgarus, Accursius, and Irnerius in France and Italy.
Justinian's Code [or the Corpus Juris Civilis; or the Corpus Iuris Civilis; or the Body of Civil Law; accept Codex Justinianus, which is a specific part but very commonly used to refer to the whole thing]