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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      09 August 2009
      29 October 2007
      ISBN:
      9780511496585
      9780521880626
      9781107406230
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511496585
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.69kg, 352 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.47kg, 352 Pages
      • Subjects:
      British History 1066-1450, Area Studies, European History 1000-1450, History, Religion, European Studies, Church History
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series (71)
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    Subjects:
    British History 1066-1450, Area Studies, European History 1000-1450, History, Religion, European Studies, Church History
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series (71)
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    This book is a study of the politics of episcopal elections in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Normandy and Greater Anjou. This was a crucial period in the development of canon law and Jörg Peltzer offers the first analysis to bring together legal theory and practice, local custom, and politics. He explores the development of electoral theories and examines each election in context, offering insights into the varying balance of royal, papal and regional baronial power and the various career paths leading to an episcopal see. He shows how different systems of patronage worked, to what extent they were vehicles of social mobility, and how aristocratic families were structured. By comparing electoral practices in Normandy and Greater Anjou before and after the Capetian conquest the book significantly enhances our understanding of the theory and practice of canon law, local politics in Normandy and Anjou, and the high politics at the Capetian and Angevin courts.

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    Review of the hardback:'This important book presents a detailed analysis of episcopal elections in the province of Rouen and the sees of Tours, Le Mans and Angers during a period identified by the author as pivotal in the development of canon law on this issue, and which also saw the establishment of Capetian rule in Normandy, Anjou, Maine and Touraine. It uses an impressively wide range of sources to integrate legal theory and practice with local custom and politics.'

    Source: Journal of Ecclesiastical History

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