In Der Staat des hohen Mittelalters, Heinrich Mitteis compared the Edict to the English Magna Carta. More popular now is the belief that it was primarily aimed at correcting abuses which had entered the judicial system during the civil wars which had dominated the kingdom since the beginning of the feud of Brunhilda with Chlothar's mother, Fredegund (568). It cannot be known how much of the Edict's language and ideas stem from the king and his officers and courtiers and how much from the nobles.
In Der Staat des hohen Mittelalters, Heinrich Mitteis likened the Edict to the English Magna Carta. More widely accepted now is the notion that it was primarily intended to address judicial system abuses that had infiltrated during the civil wars that plagued the kingdom since Brunhilda's feud with Chlothar's mother, Fredegund (568). It remains uncertain how much of the Edict's wording and concepts originated from the king and his advisors versus those of the nobility.