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Published in 1998, these essays focus on Rome and the curia in the
11th and 12th centuries. Several relate to Cardinal Deusdedit and
his canonical collection (1087) and to the pontificate of Paschal
II (1099-1118). Both personalities and their ideas are presented
within the larger setting of contemporary problems, highlighting
divergent currents among ecclesiastical reformers at a time of the
investiture controversies. A third common theme is formed by
discussions of the organization and archival practices of the
curia, which were of fundamental importance for the growth and
codification of canon law, not to mention papal control of the
Church.
Published in 1998, these essays focus on Rome and the curia in the
11th and 12th centuries. Several relate to Cardinal Deusdedit and
his canonical collection (1087) and to the pontificate of Paschal
II (1099-1118). Both personalities and their ideas are presented
within the larger setting of contemporary problems, highlighting
divergent currents among ecclesiastical reformers at a time of the
investiture controversies. A third common theme is formed by
discussions of the organization and archival practices of the
curia, which were of fundamental importance for the growth and
codification of canon law, not to mention papal control of the
Church.
"This book describes the roots of a set of ideals that effected
a radical transformation of eleventh-century European society that
led to the confrontation between church and monarchy known as the
investiture struggle or Gregorian reform. Ideas cannot be divorced
from reality, especially not in the Middle Ages. I present them,
therefore, in their contemporary political, social, and cultural
context."--from the Preface
Canon Law, Religion, and Politics extends and honours the work of
the distinguished historian Robert Somerville, a pre-eminent expert
on medieval church councils, law, and papal history. Reflecting the
focus but also the range of Somerville's studies in medieval canon
law in the era before Gratian and later, the essays explore the
transmission of canonical and theological texts--in particular
regarding the Eucharist--as well as the significance of the texts
and their complex manuscript traditions. Several essays examine
texts in their practical context, highlighting the effects of canon
law on religious institutions such as monasteries and the practices
at law courts of medieval western Europe. Four studies dealing with
the ius commune--the conjunction of canon and Roman law in daily
practice, a topic of general and perennial interest--show once
again how our understanding of canonistic and civilian legal
developments in medieval and late medieval religious and
intellectual history is evolving with greater precision when
assumptions and generalities are analysed in the light of
manuscript sources. The pioneering influence of Somerville and his
colleagues is evident in all of the essays. They broaden current
understanding of the place of law and theology in a crucial period
of history, the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries. This work is
written in honour of Robert Somerville, professor of history and
Ada Byron Bampton Tremaine Professor of Religion at Columbia
University. His scholarly honours are legion, including a
fellowship in the Medieval Academy of America and the Commission
Internationale de Diplomatique. He is a corresponding member of the
Monumenta Germaniae Historica in Munich as well as the Bavarian
Academy of Sciences. He has received numerous awards including two
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowships. He is the author of
numerous books and articles.
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