The Cambridge History of Medieval Canon Law

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The Cambridge History of Medieval Canon Law

Edited by Anders Winroth · John Wei
Cambridge University Press January 2022

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ISBN-13
9781107025042
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
January 2022
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Canon law touched nearly every aspect of medieval society, including many issues we now think of as purely secular. It regulated marriages, oaths, usury, sorcery, heresy, university life, penance, just war, court procedure, and Christian relations with religious minorities. Canon law also regulated the clergy and the Church, one of the most important institutions in the Middle Ages. This Cambridge History offers a comprehensive survey of canon law, both chronologically and thematically. Written by an international team of scholars, it explores, in non-technical language, how it operated in the daily life of people and in the great political events of the time. The volume demonstrates that medieval canon law holds a unique position in the legal history of Europe. Indeed, the influence of medieval canon law, which was at the forefront of introducing and defining concepts such as 'equity,' 'rationality,' 'office,' and 'positive law,' has been enormous, long-lasting, and remarkably diverse.

Table of Contents

1. Medieval canon law: introduction
John C. Wei and Anders Winroth
Part I. The History of Medieval Canon Law:
2. The early church
Caroline Humfress
3. Early medieval canon law
Abigail Firey
4. Canon law in the long tenth century, 900–1050
Greta Austin
5. The age of reforms: canon law in the century before Gratian
Christof Rolker
6. The reinvention of canon law in the high middle ages
Wolfgang P. Mueller
7. Canon law in a time of renewal, 1130–1234
Anders Winroth
8. The late middle ages: introduction
four remarks regarding the present state of research
Martin Bertram
9. The late middle ages: sources
Andreas Meyer
10. The canon law of the Eastern churches
Péter Erdő
Part II. The Sources and Dissemination of Medieval Canon Law:
11. Theology and the theological sources of canon law
John C. Wei
12. Church councils
Norman Tanner
13. Decretals and lawmaking
Gisela Drossbach
14. Roman law
Gero Dolezalek
15. Law schools and legal education
Anders Winroth
16. Local knowledge of canon law, c.
1150–1250
Anthony Perron
17. Medieval canon law manuscripts and early printed books
Susan L'Engle
Part III. Doctrine and Society:
18. Procedures and courts
Wolfgang P. Mueller
19. Ecclesiastical property, tithes, spiritualia
Charles de Miramon
20. The law of benefices
Andreas Meyer
21. Religious life
Elizabeth Makowski
22. The sacraments of baptism, confirmation, and the Eucharist
Thomas M. Izbicki
23. Confession, penance, and extreme unction
Rob Meens
24. Saints and relics
Thomas Wetzstein
25. Marriage: law and practice
Sara McDougall
26. Family law
Franck Roumy
27. Criminal law
Lotte Kéry
28. Ecclesiastical discipline: heresy, magic, and superstition
Edward Peters
29. Wars and crusades
Frederick Russell and Ryan Greenwood
30. Excommunication and interdict
Peter G. Clarke
Conclusion
31. The spirit of canon law
Peter Landau
32. Bibliography of primary sources
Thomas Izbicki and Anders Winroth
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