Gratian and the Development of Penitential Thought and Law in the Twelfth Century
by Atria Larson
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780813233710
Pub Date: October 1st, 2020
Format: Paperback
This book presents the first full-scale study of the Tractatus de penitentia (C.33 q.3) in Gratian's Decretum, which became the textbook for canon law and served as the basis of the...
In the pallium the medieval papacy created a mechanism of control over the far-flung bishops of the Latin church, a prerogative by which the popes shared honor and power with local prelates—and...
An updated and expanded version of the original edition, published in 1998. That original edition went up through 1245. This new version extends to 1317 and adds two important prefaces.Praise...
The Hibernensis is the longest and most comprehensive canon-law text to have circulated in Carolingian Europe. Compiled in Ireland in the late seventh or early eighth century, it exerted...
Bishops and the Rise of Frankish Kingship, 300-850
by Michael E. Moore
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780813229621
Pub Date: February 19th, 2017
Format: Paperback
Over a period of some five centuries, Europe was transformed by the emergence of barbarian kingdoms in the regions of the former Roman Empire. In the turbulent post-Roman world, the Christian church...
Gratian's Decretum is one of the major works in European history, a text that in many ways launched the field of canon law. In this new volume, Atria Larson presents to students and scholars...
The Life, Works, and Thought of a Twelfth-Century Jurist
by Wolfgang Muller
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780813228365
Pub Date: August 22nd, 2015
Format: Paperback
Huguccio was an important lawyer of the medieval church, bishop of Ferrara, and one of the greatest representatives of twelfth-century scholasticism. In this book-length study of this influential...
In a series of essays based on surviving documents of actual court practices from Perugia and Bologna, as well as laws, statutes, and theoretical works from the 12th and 13th centuries, Massimo Vallerani...
In the first detailed study of papal penitentiary materials on marriage, renowned medieval historian Ludwig Schmugge tells the exciting stories of seduced maidens, too-closely-related husbands and...
