Law as profession and practice in medieval Europe : essays in honor of James A. Brundage / edited by Kenneth Pennington and Melodie Harris Eichbauer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pennington, Kenneth.

Eichbauer, Melodie H.

Brundage, James A.

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Europe--History--To 1500.

Law.

Canon law--History--To 1500.

Canon law.

Law, Medieval.

History.

Europe.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xiv, 421 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., [2011]

Summary:

Far from a dry legal tome, this Festschrift honoring the prolific medieval historian is not lacking in lively accounts of medieval life and thought, heralded by provocative titles such as "Charlemagne in Hell" and "Sex and the Romanesque in Occitania-Provence". Brundage (emeritus, U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and U. of Kansas) specializes in the Crusades, medieval law, canon law, and medieval law's influence on sex and marriage. The articles reflect these interests, with topics that include an analysis of Pope Urban II's definition of the role of the papal legate to the Crusader States, Juan de Torquemada's views on witches, the circumstances that led to Cambridge University receiving the designation of studium generale, and an article on the continued non-official use of the ius commune in the early Middle Ages, by Edward Peters. With many celebrated scholars among the contributors, this volume will be essential to medieval studies collections. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Part I. Medieval legal thought and constitutional ideas

Bishops and bankers / Olivia F. Robinson

Defending a conservative view on witches : Juan de Torquemada on c. Episcopi [C. 26 q. 5 c. 12] / Thomas M. Izbicki

Pope Innocent III and secular law / James M. Powell

Corporatism, individualism, and consent / Brian Tierney

The rights of self-defense and justified warfare in the writings of the twelfth- and thirteenth-century canonists / Charles J. Reid, Jr

Feudal oath of fidelity and homage / Kenneth Pennington

Is the sea open or closed? : the Grotius-Selden debate renewed / James Muldoon

Part II. Schools, the English church, and texts

The sacred muses and the Twelve Tables : legal education and practice, Latin philology and rhetoric, and Roman history / Edward Peters

When did Cambridge become a studium generale? / Patrick Zutshi

Regulating the number of proctors in the English ecclesiastical courts : evidence from an early Tudor tract / R. H. Helmholz

Collectio fontanensis : a decretal collection of the twelfth-century for an English Cistercian abbey / Peter Landau

"Deus est procurator fatuorum" : cloistered nuns and equitable decision-making in the Court of Chancery / Elizabeth Makowski

Canon law as reflected in the ecclesiastical history of Orderic Vitalis / Marjorie Chibnall

Pro amore dei : diplomatic evidence of social conflict during the reign of King John / Michael Gervers and Nicole Hamonic

Part III. Law, sex and marriage

The mysterious canonist Bazianus on marriage / Charles Donahue, Jr

Charlemagne in hell / Richard Kay

Sex and the romanesque in Occitania-Provence / Glenn W. Olsen

The Templars and their legislation / Jonathan Riley-Smith

Adhemar of le Puy, papal legate on the first crusade / Robert Somerville

Bibliography of James A. Brundage's works / Melodie H. Eichbauer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-415) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

ISBN:

1409425746

9781409425748

9781409425755

1409425754

OCLC:

707077436

Publisher Number:

99948597101