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The Prince and the Law, 1200-1600
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 335

The Prince and the Law, 1200-1600

"Specialists will find it not merely interesting, but exciting and significant."--Robert L. Benson, University of California, Los Angeles "A work of synthesis that at the same time introduces new material to the treasury of studies on medieval political thought."--Stanley Chodorov, University of California, San Diego "Specialists will find it not merely interesting, but exciting and significant."--Robert L. Benson, University of California, Los Angeles

Medieval Church Law and the Origins of the Western Legal Tradition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 424

Medieval Church Law and the Origins of the Western Legal Tradition

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006
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  • Publisher: CUA Press

In this volume leading scholars from around the world discuss the contribution of medieval church law to the origins of the western legal tradition. Subdivided into four topical categories, the essays cover the entire range of the history of medieval canon law from the sixth to the sixteenth century.

The History of Byzantine and Eastern Canon Law to 1500
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 376

The History of Byzantine and Eastern Canon Law to 1500

  • Categories: Law
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-02-27
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  • Publisher: CUA Press

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Formation of Ecclesiastical Law in the Early Church -- 2. Sources of the Greek Canon Law to the Quinisext Council (691/2): Councils and Church Fathers -- 3. Byzantine Canon Law to 1100 -- 4. Byzantine Canon Law from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Centuries -- 5. Sources of Canon Law in the Eastern Churches -- Index of Councils and Synods -- General Index.

The History of Medieval Canon Law in the Classical Period, 1140-1234
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 457

The History of Medieval Canon Law in the Classical Period, 1140-1234

  • Categories: Law
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008
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  • Publisher: CUA Press

This latest volume in the ongoing History of Medieval Canon Law series covers the period from Gratian's initial teaching of canon law during the 1120s to just before the promulgation of the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX in 1234.

Law as Profession and Practice in Medieval Europe
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 444

Law as Profession and Practice in Medieval Europe

  • Categories: Law

This volume brings together papers by a group of scholars, distinguished in their own right, in honour of James Brundage. The essays are organised into four sections, each corresponding to an important focus of Brundage's scholarly work. The first section explores the connection between the development of medieval legal and constitutional thought. Thomas Izbicki, Kenneth Pennington, and Charles Reid, Jr. explore various aspects of the jurisprudence of the Ius commune, while James Powell, Michael Gervers and Nicole Hamonic, Olivia Robinson, and Elizabeth Makowski examine how that jurisprudence was applied to various medieval institutions. Brian Tierney and James Muldoon conclude this section ...

Pope and Bishops
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 256

Pope and Bishops

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

The Prince and the Law, 1200-1600
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 760

The Prince and the Law, 1200-1600

The power of the prince versus the rights of his subjects is one of the basic struggles in the history of law and government. In this masterful history of monarchy, conceptions of law, and due process, Kenneth Pennington addresses that struggle and opens an entirely new vista in the study of Western legal tradition. Pennington investigates legal interpretations of the monarch's power from the twelfth to the seventeenth century. Then, tracing the evolution of defendants' rights, he demonstrates that the origins of due process are not rooted in English common law as is generally assumed. It was not a sturdy Anglo-Saxon, but, most probably, a French jurist of the late thirteenth century who wrote, "A man is innocent until proven guilty." This is the first book to examine in detail the origins of our concept of due process. It also reveals a fascinating paradox: while a theory of individual rights was evolving, so, too, was the concept of the prince's "absolute power." Pennington illuminates this paradox with a clarity that will greatly interest students of political theory as well as legal historians.

The History of Courts and Procedure in Medieval Canon Law
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 521

The History of Courts and Procedure in Medieval Canon Law

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-09-09
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  • Publisher: CUA Press

By the end of the thirteenth century, court procedure in continental Europe in secular and ecclesiastical courts shared many characteristics. As the academic jurists of the Ius commune began to excavate the norms of procedure from Justinian's great codification of law and then to expound them in the classroom and in their writings, they shaped the structure of ecclesiastical courts and secular courts as well. These essays also illuminate striking differences in the sources that we find in different parts of Europe. In northern Europe the archives are rich but do not always provide the details we need to understand a particular case. In Italy and Southern France the documentation is more deta...

A Service Beyond All Recompense
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 452

A Service Beyond All Recompense

When Monsignor Thomas J. Green, professor at the School of Canon Law at The Catholic University of America, approached his seventy-fifth birthday and the fiftieth anniversary of his priestly ordination, his colleagues planned on offering him a fitting tribute in the form of a festschrift. Six people with different backgrounds, but all related to Msgr. Green on one way or another, have written a laudatio – a short congratulatory letter – in honor of Monsignor Green. No less than fifteen contributions on various topics by colleagues, canon law scholars, clearly relate and reflect upon the honoree's scholarly contributions to canon law. The topics are extremely varied, and illustrate how Mo...

A Companion to Twelfth-Century Schools
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 342

A Companion to Twelfth-Century Schools

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019-11-11
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  • Publisher: BRILL

This Companion to Twelfth-Century Schools provides a comprehensive update and new synthesis of the last three decades of research. The fruit of a contemporary renewal of cultural history among international scholars of medieval studies, this collection draws on the discovery of new texts, the progress made in critical attribution, the growing attention given to the conditions surrounding the oral and written dissemination of works, the use of the notion of a “community of learning”, the reinterpretation of the relations between the cloister and the urban school, and links between institutional history and social history. Contributors are: Alexander Andrée, Irene Caiazzo, Cédric Giraud, Frédéric Goubier, Danielle Jacquart, Thierry Kouamé, Constant J. Mews, Ken Pennington, Dominique Poirel, Irène Rosier-Catach, Sita Steckel, Jacques Verger, and Olga Weijers. See inside the book.