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It is impossible to understand how the medieval church functioned, influenced and controlled the lay world within its care, without understanding `canon law'. This book examines its development from its beginnings to the end of the Middle Ages, updating its findings in light of recent scholarly trends and a deeper look at the sources of law.

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It is impossible to understand how the medieval church functioned, influenced and controlled the lay world within its care, without understanding `canon law'. This book examines its development from its beginnings to the end of the Middle Ages, updating its findings in light of recent scholarly trends and a deeper look at the sources of law.
Autorenporträt
Melodie H. Eichbauer is Professor of Medieval History at Florida Gulf Coast University, USA. She is the editor of A Cultural History of Genocide, Vol. 2: The Middle Ages (2021) and co-editor of The Use of Canon Law in Ecclesiastical Administration (2018). Her research focuses on the dissemination of legal knowledge; the interpretation of law; and the ways in which social, political, and intellectual developments and trends shaped both between ca.1000 and ca.1500. James A. Brundage (1929-2021) was Professor Emeritus of History and, prior to his retirement, Ahmanson-Murphy chair of Medieval European History at the University of Kansas, USA. His publications included The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession: Canonists, Civilians, and Courts (2008), Handbook of Medieval Sexuality (1996) edited with Vern L. Bullough, and Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe (1987).