James A. Brundage, Melodie H. Eichbauer

Medieval Canon Law (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000631456
• Artikelnr.: 64236084

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).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Law in the Early Christian Church 2. Canon Law in the Early Middle Ages
3. Canon Law amid Eleventh-Century Reform Efforts 4. Gratian and the
Decretists 5. Decretals and the Decretalists 6. Canon Law in Intellectual
Spaces 7. Courts and Procedure 8. Canon Law in the Lives of People 9. The
Impact of Canon Law on Western Societies