Papal Jurisprudence, 385-1234: Social Origins and Medieval Reception of Canon Law

ISBN-13: 9781108473002 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 334 str.

D. L. (University College London) d'Avray

Opis

Explains the rise in demand for papal judgments from the 4th century to the 13th century, and how these decretals were later understood.

Recenzje

'… an extremely stimulating book, which brings out in a granular and penetrating way the significance of papal decretals for the evolution of law in general, and also sets them in their historical context with the help of sociological models...' Lotte Kéry, Historische Zeitschrift

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Transformations and long-term explanations; 2. The Christian Roman empire, c. 400; 3. c. 400: practical complexities and uncertainties; 4. c. 400: uncertainty about grace; 5. Papal rulings and ritual; 6. Hierarchies; 7. Clerical status and monks; 8. Returning heretics; 9. Pelagianism and the papacy; 10. Leo I; 11. Post-imperial syntheses; 12. Early papal laws in the barbarian west; 13. Carolingian culture and its legacy; 14. 1050–1150; 15. Theology and law; 16. c. 400 and c. 1200: complexity, conversion and bigamia; 17. Clerics in minor orders; 18. Choosing bishops; 19. Overall conclusions; Appendix A. Leo I; Appendix B. Gelasius; Appendix C. Gloss II (Johannes Teutonicus and Bartholomaeus Brixiensis) on Gratian and the liber extra; Appendix D. Conceptual sources.