| Irnerius is a great jurist in the late 11 th and early 12 th centuries, and honored him with the epithet Lantern and Light of the Law, he led the revival of Roman Law in the Middle Ages. Irnerius who is also known as Guarnerius—a teacher of grammar and rhetoric, He has the Trivium knowledge as the background, and laid the foundation for law get out of rhetoric, thus gave birth to the law as a course of independent. He lived in Bologna, in here, he took advantage of his deep and broad knowledge attracted students from all over Europe flocked to Bologna as if on a legal pilgrimage, and prepared A large number of legal talents for Feudal court. While Irnerius is also the Founder of Glossatoren, which spread the spirit and the principle of Roman law to Europe, and play a decisive role in the legal history of Europe.The article is divided into five parts. In the first part, to make a simple introduction of Irnerius’ s life and have a whole understanding to him. The second part, With the revival of Roman law as the starting point, to introduce the reason why Roman Law declined and acquaint it’s revival conditions in Italy. showing the historical background of Irnerius’ s life, to compensate for the lack of Irnerius’ s data. The third part, discussing the situation of legal education before Irnerius, emphasizing the tradition on Roman law did not disappear, while in digging the classic literature and highlights social function this two aspects to promote law become an independent discipline. In the fourth part, I’ ll talk about the Representatives of Glossatoren, and analysis their research methods, understand the contributions of this group in western legal history. In the conclusion, through the summary, I want to determine the historical position of Irnerius. |
