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New Discourses in Medieval Canon Law Research
Challenging the Master Narrative
Series: - Medieval Law and Its Practice, Volume: 28
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New Discourses in Medieval Canon Law Research offers a new narrative for medieval canon law history which avoids the pitfall of teleological explanations by taking seriously the multiplicity of legal development in the Middle Ages and the divergent interests of the actors involved. The contributors address the still dominant âmaster narrativeâ, mainly developed by Paul Fournier and enshrined in his magisterial Histoire de collections canoniques. They present new research on pre-Gratian canon collection, Gratianâs Decretum, decretal collections, but also hagiography, theology, and narrative sources challenging the standard account; a separate chapter is devoted to Fournierâs model and its genesis. New Discourses thus brings together specialized research and broader questions of who to write the history of church law in the Middle Ages.
Contributors are Greta Austin, Katheleen G. Cushing, Stephan Dusil, Tatsushi Genka, John S. Ott, Christof Rolker, Danica Summerlin, Andreas Thier and John C. Wei.
Contributors are Greta Austin, Katheleen G. Cushing, Stephan Dusil, Tatsushi Genka, John S. Ott, Christof Rolker, Danica Summerlin, Andreas Thier and John C. Wei.
Christof Rolker, Ph.D. (Cambridge, 2006), is professor for Historische Grundwissenschaften at the University of Bamberg. His numerous publications on medieval canon law include Canon Law and the Letters of Ivo of Chartres (Cambridge University Press, 2010).
"...the valuable historiographical and methodological reflection provided in this volume makes it a must-read for anyone interested in canon law, theology, and church history in the eleventh and twelfth centuries". John Burden, in The Medieval Review 20.05.05 (2020). The full review is accessible at this link: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/tmr/index.
"Christof Rolker has edited an excellent volume of essays on research on canon law in the long twelfth century [...] this volume represents an important engagement and challenge to long-standing assumptions. Every scholar of law and the papacy in this period should consult the volume, and it should give sobriety and pause to those wishing to make a long-lasting mark on scholarship". Atria A. Larson, in Speculum 95/3, July 2020.
"Christof Rolker has edited an excellent volume of essays on research on canon law in the long twelfth century [...] this volume represents an important engagement and challenge to long-standing assumptions. Every scholar of law and the papacy in this period should consult the volume, and it should give sobriety and pause to those wishing to make a long-lasting mark on scholarship". Atria A. Larson, in Speculum 95/3, July 2020.
Contents
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âChristof Rolker and Andreas Thier
1 Fournierâs Model and Its Merits
âChristof Rolker
2 Law and Reform: The Transmission of Burchard of Wormsâ Liber decretorum
âKathleen G. Cushing
3 New Narratives for the Gregorian Reform
âGreta Austin
4 Clerical Networks and Canon Law: The Beauvais Election Controversy of 1100â04
âJohn S. Ott
5 The Role of Hagiography in the Development of Canon Law in the Reform Era
âTatsushi Genka
6 Of Scholasticism and Canon Law: Narratives Old and New
âJohn C. Wei
7 The Decretum of Gratian: A Janus-Faced Collection
âStephan Dusil
8 Using the âOld Lawâ in Twelfth-Century Decretal Collections
âDanica Summerlin
9 Canon Law before Gratian: A Bibliographical Appendix
âChristof Rolker
General Index
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âChristof Rolker and Andreas Thier
1 Fournierâs Model and Its Merits
âChristof Rolker
2 Law and Reform: The Transmission of Burchard of Wormsâ Liber decretorum
âKathleen G. Cushing
3 New Narratives for the Gregorian Reform
âGreta Austin
4 Clerical Networks and Canon Law: The Beauvais Election Controversy of 1100â04
âJohn S. Ott
5 The Role of Hagiography in the Development of Canon Law in the Reform Era
âTatsushi Genka
6 Of Scholasticism and Canon Law: Narratives Old and New
âJohn C. Wei
7 The Decretum of Gratian: A Janus-Faced Collection
âStephan Dusil
8 Using the âOld Lawâ in Twelfth-Century Decretal Collections
âDanica Summerlin
9 Canon Law before Gratian: A Bibliographical Appendix
âChristof Rolker
General Index
Anyone interested in medieval canon history or high medieval ecclesiastical history, especially intellectual history, legal history, history of the papacy.