Great Christian Jurists and Legal Collections in the First Millennium

ISBN-13: 9781108471718 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 506 str.

Philip L. Reynolds

Opis

Shows how Christian leaders before 1000 CE understood law and used normative texts and practices for social order and eternal salvation.

Recenzje

'An indispensable guide to key figures and legal concepts during the foundational age of Western, Christian, law. Essential reading for legal historians and theologians alike.' Caroline Humfress, University of St Andrews, Scotland

Spis treści

Part I: 1. Normative texts and practices of the first millennium Philip L. Reynolds; 2. The many voices of Roman law Jill Harries; 3. The law of the post-Roman kingdoms Alexander Callander Murray; 4. Ecclesiastical councils Gregory I. Halfond; 5. The papacy Clemens Gantner and Stefan Schima; 6. The sacred palace, public penance, and the Carolingian polity Mayke de Jong; 7. Canonical collections Roy Flechner; 8. The practice and literature of penance Rob Meens; 9. Monastic rules Albrecht Diem; Part II: 10. Lactantius Elizabeth De Palma Digeser; 11. Ambrosiaster David Hunter; 12. Augustine Brian Gronewoller; 13. Leo I Susan Wessel; 14. Gelasius I Bronwen Neil; 15. Dionysius Exiguus David Heith-Stade; 16. The rule of Benedict Hugh Feiss; 17. Gregory the Great Carole Straw; 18. Isidore of Seville Luca Loschiavo; 19. Pseudo-Isidorus Mercator Clara Harder; 20. Jonas of Orléans Francesco Veronese; 21. Hincmar of Reims Charles West; 22. Regino of Prüm Greta Austin; 23. Burchard of Worms Greta Austin; 24. New horizons in church law Robert Somerville.