Huguccio : The Life, Works, and Thought of a Twelfth-Century Jurist / Wolfgang P. Müller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Müller, Wolfgang P., 1960-

Series:

Studies in medieval and early modern canon law ; v. 3.

Studies in medieval and early modern canon law ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Uguccione, da Pisa, Bishop of Ferrara, -1210.

Uguccione.

Law, Medieval.

Twelfth century.

Canonists--Italy--Biography.

Canonists.

Canon law--Sources.

Canon law.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 220 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The Catholic University of America Press, [1994]

Summary:

Huguccio was an important lawyer of the medieval church, bishop of Ferrara, and one of the greatest representatives of twelfth-century scholasticism.In this book-length study of this influential figure, Wolfgang P.Müller provides a critical account of the biographical information on the man and his writings.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

I. Huguccio: Canonist, Bishop, and Grammarian?

1. Canonist and Bishop?

2. Bishop and Grammarian?

3. Canonist and Grammarian?

4. Conclusion

II. The Summa Decretorum

1. Date of Composition

2. Stages of Composition

3. The Manuscript Tradition

4. Continuatio Prima

III. Huguccio's Use of Roman Law

1. The Decretist Background

2. The Role of Secular Jurisprudence in Canon Law: Huguccio's Theoretical View

3. Roman Law in the Summa Decretorum

Epilogue. The Rigor Huguccionis

Appendix I. A Cumulative List of Extravagantes Cited in the Summa

Appendix II. Two Recensions of Continuatio Prima?

Appendix III. Dissensiones Dominorum in Huguccio's Summa

Bibliography

Indexes.

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Syracuse University, 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-206) and indexes.

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ISBN:

0-8132-3228-7

OCLC:

1132228309