Papal Jurisprudence c. 400
Papal Jurisprudence c. 400
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GBPIn the late fourth century, in the absence of formal church councils, bishops from all over the Western Empire wrote to the Pope asking for advice on issues including celibacy, marriage law, penance and heresy, with papal responses to these questions often being incorportated into private collections of canon law. Most papal documents were therefore responses to questions from bishops, and not initiated from Rome. Bringing together these key texts, this volume of accessible translations and critical transcriptions of papal letters is arranged thematically to offer a new understanding of attitudes towards these fundamental issues within canon law. Papal Jurisprudence, c.400 reveals what bishops were asking, and why the replies mattered. It is offered as a companion to the forthcoming volume Papal Jurisprudence: Social Origins and Medieval Reception of Canon Law, 385–1234.
- Offers the first critical translations of the papal legal documents transmitted in the first canon law collections, in Late Antiquity
- Makes original Latin sources accessible to students and scholars
- Explains the papal contribution to the genesis of canon law, and will be essential reading for legal as well as religious and social historians
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'The history of the papacy in the early Middle Ages is plagued with conflicting scholarly interpretations of its role, importance, and doctrines. David L. d'Avray has written a masterfully lucid analysis of the first papal letters, papal authority and institutions, and the problems the bishops of Rome faced as they strove to create a universal set of norms for the church.' Ken Pennington, Catholic University of America
'It is a superb book.' Kenneth Pennington, Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies
'Â… d'Avray's book provides important insights for scholars and students of the medieval Church. It shows the importance of the fifth century as a formative period, when papal jurisprudence took shape as the result of the exchange of letters between popes and bishops.' Barbara Bombi, English Historical Review
'This story, based on a lifetime of research, is told by reference to the political, social, and economic conditions of the times so as to make it extremely engaging. … It is a splendid work of detailed research, erudite yet readable, which forms a notable contribution to the literature on canon law and especially its development. I cannot praise it too highly.' John Duddington, Law and Justice
Product details
December 2019Hardback
9781108472937
310 pages
235 × 157 × 22 mm
0.6kg
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Manuscript sigla
- 1. Introduction
- 2. State of research: Caspar and after
- 3. Texts and manuscripts
- 4. Rituals and liturgy
- 5. Status hierarchy
- 6. Hierarchy of authority
- 7. Celibacy
- 8. 'Bigamy'
- 9. Marriage
- 10. Monks and the secular clergy
- 11. Heretics: Novatians, Bonosians, and Photinians
- 12. Heretics: in the shadow of St Augustine
- 13. Penance
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index.
