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Clarendon Press Papacy and Law in the Gregorian Revolution The Canonistic Work of Anselm of Lucca Oxford Historical Monographs
Book SynopsisThis work explores the role of canon law in the ecclesiastical reform movement of the eleventh century, commonly known as the Gregorian Reform. Focusing on the Collectio canonum of Bishop Anselm of Lucca, it explores how the reformers came to value and employ law as as means of achieving desired ends in a time of social upheaval and revolution.Trade Reviewa very successful interpretation of Anselm's attitudes towards the Gregorian reform, appropriately highlighting Anselm's agreements and disagreements with the principles of Pope Gregory VII. * Uta-Renate Blumenthal, Ecclesiastical History, vol.52/2, April 2001 *The author's candor in evaluating the state of the sources and scholarship is a valuable contribution. * Maureen C. Miller, American Historical Review, Apr. 00. *Cushing has accomplished difficult manuscript work for a young historian. There is evidence of real erudition in this book. * Maureen C. Miller, American Historical Review, Apr 00. *Historians have long acknowledged the importance of law in this reform movement, and Kathellen Cushing's work contributes a detailed example of how a leading figure in the movement used law. * Maureen C. Miller, American Historical Review, Apr 00. *This is an extremely well-written and useful study, which makes a substantial contribution to our map of developments in a crucial period of formation for Western canon law ... There is important work in embryo here and what is already in our hands makes its own significant contribution. * GRE, Heythrop Journal Vol 40, no4 Oct99 *Table of ContentsPART I: PAPACY AND LAW ON THE EVE OF THE GREGORIAN REVOLUTION ; PART II: A CANONIST IN THE AGE OF REFORM
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Oxford University Press, USA The Oxford History of the Laws of England Volume I The Canon Law and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction from 597 to the 1640s The Oxford History of the Laws of England Series ISBN 0199613524
Book SynopsisThis is one of the first volumes to appear in a landmark new series, The Oxford History of the Laws of England. It traces the history of the reception and role of the canon law in England between 597 and 1649, examining both the establishment of ecclesiastical courts and the heads of jurisdiction within them. Legal practice is viewed against the background of the formal canon law.Table of ContentsI. The Anglo-Saxon Church ; II. From the Norman Conquest to the Establishment of Consistory Courts ; III. From the Thirteenth Century to the Accession of Elizabeth ; IV. From the Elizabethan Settlement to the Abolition of Episcopacy ; V. Civil Procedure and the Law of Proof ; VI. Monetary Obligations and Economic Regulation ; VII. Testamentary Law and Probate Jurisdiction ; VIII. Tithes and Spiritual Dues ; IX. Churches and the Clergy ; X. Marriage and Divorce ; XI. Defamation ; XII. The Criminal Law
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Taylor & Francis Ecclesiastical Law Clergy and Laity A History of
Book SynopsisDiscipline in an ecclesiastical context can be defined as the power of a church to maintain order among its members on issues of morals or doctrine. This book presents a scholarly engagement with the way in which legal discipline has evolved within the Church of England since 1688. It explores how the Church of England, unusually among Christian churches, has come to be without means of effective legal discipline in matters of controversy, whether liturgical, doctrinal, or moral. The author excludes matters of blatant scandal to focus on issues where discipline has been attempted in controversial matters, focussing on particular cases. The book makes connections between law, the state of the Church, and the underlying theology of justice and freedom. At a time when doctrinal controversy is widespread across all Christian traditions, it is argued that the Church of England has an inheritance here in need of cherishing and sharing with the universal Church.The book will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers in the areas of law and religion, and ecclesiastical history..Trade Review"This is a well-written account with an abundance of well-researched material which gives real insight into cases old and recent. Of particular value is Patterson's putting into the public domain material which has hitherto been unavailable. "-Peter Collier KC, Ecclesiastical Law JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Toleration and its Effects; 2. The Old Discipline Lingers; 3. A Century of Doctrine Trials 1775-1871; 4. Law Defied – the Ritualists; 5. The Yearning to Fence the Altar; 6. Reluctance to Discipline; 7. The Lingering Temptation; Conclusion;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Medieval Canon Law
Book SynopsisIt is impossible to understand how the medieval church functioned and, in turn, influenced the lay world within its care without understanding canon law. This book examines its development from its beginnings to the end of the Middle Ages, updating its findings in light of recent scholarly trends.This second edition has been fully revised and updated by Melodie H. Eichbauer to include additional material on the early Middle Ages; the significance of the discovery of earlier versions of Gratian's Decretum; and the new research into law emanating from secular authorities, councils, episcopal acta, and juridical commentary to rethink our understanding of the sources of law and canon law''s place in medieval society. Separate chapters examine canon law in intellectual spaces; the canonical courts and their procedures; and, using the case studies of deviation from orthodoxy and marriage, canon law in the lives of people. The main body of the book concludes with the influeTable of Contents1. Law in the Early Christian Church 2. Canon Law in the Early Middle Ages 3. Canon Law amid Eleventh-Century Reform Efforts 4. Gratian and the Decretists 5. Decretals and the Decretalists 6. Canon Law in Intellectual Spaces 7. Courts and Procedure 8. Canon Law in the Lives of People 9. The Impact of Canon Law on Western Societies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Medieval Canon Law
Book SynopsisIt is impossible to understand how the medieval church functioned and, in turn, influenced the lay world within its care without understanding canon law. This book examines its development from its beginnings to the end of the Middle Ages, updating its findings in light of recent scholarly trends.This second edition has been fully revised and updated by Melodie H. Eichbauer to include additional material on the early Middle Ages; the significance of the discovery of earlier versions of Gratian's Decretum; and the new research into law emanating from secular authorities, councils, episcopal acta, and juridical commentary to rethink our understanding of the sources of law and canon law''s place in medieval society. Separate chapters examine canon law in intellectual spaces; the canonical courts and their procedures; and, using the case studies of deviation from orthodoxy and marriage, canon law in the lives of people. The main body of the book concludes with the influeTable of Contents1. Law in the Early Christian Church 2. Canon Law in the Early Middle Ages 3. Canon Law amid Eleventh-Century Reform Efforts 4. Gratian and the Decretists 5. Decretals and the Decretalists 6. Canon Law in Intellectual Spaces 7. Courts and Procedure 8. Canon Law in the Lives of People 9. The Impact of Canon Law on Western Societies
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The Crown Publishing Group Conscience Consensus and the Development of Doctrine
Book SynopsisCertainly, if I am obliged to bring religion into after-dinner toasts (which indeed does not seem quite the thing), I shall drink -- to the Pope, if you please -- still, to Conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.--John Henry Cardinal NewmanIn the works collected here, including An Essay on the Development of Christian doctrine, A Letter Addressed to His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, and On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine, John Henry Cardinal Newman, the great nineteenth-century English theologian, debunks a few Catholic myths:Myth #1: The teaching of the Catholic Church on faith and morals has never changed and never will change. Not so, this brilliant scholar says. For just as each era has new ways of understanding, so, too, must the Catholic Church always change in its understanding of faith and morals.Myth #2: Catholics have to do whatever the Pope says. To the contrary, according to Newman's famous quip on after-din
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Cambridge University Press freedom of Religion
Book SynopsisFreedom of thought, conscience and religion is one of the core freedoms found in international human rights instruments at both UN and European level. This 2005 study is the first to provide a detailed critique of the standards applicable to freedom of religion within both the UN and Europe.Trade Review"As an exercise in comparing European and International legal struggles in religious liberty, Taylor's book is worth reading." -- The Law and Politics Book Review, Stephen McDougal, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse"...highly technical and very thorough examination of the law of religious freedom as it has developed in the UN and European Union...it is a treasure trove...Taylor has written a detailed, exhaustive treatment of two different human rights system (UN and Europe) in light of their success or failure in securing religious freedom. It is a work that repays reading and reflection, at least by human rights lawyers." --William L. Saunders, JR., Senior Fellow in Bioethics and Human Rights Counsel, Family Research Council, Touchstone (January/ebruary 2009)Table of ContentsPreface; List of abbreviations; Table of cases, applications and communications; Table of treaties, declarations, and other international instruments; 1. Introduction; 2. Freedom of religious choice; 3. The scope of the forum internum beyond religious choice; 4. The right to manifest religious belief and applicable limitations; 5. Conclusion; Annexes; Bibliography; Index.
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Church House Publishing Guide to the Parochial Registers and Records Measure 1978 Revised Edition
Book SynopsisThis guide is aimed at those who have care of parish records and updated in the light of experience of operating the Measure. It includes information about operating the Measure in dioceses; suggestions for the making, care and preservation of records; and advice about records' management.
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Women and Jewish Law
Book SynopsisHow has a legal tradition determined by men affected the lives of women? What are the traditional Jewish views of marriage, divorce, sexuality, contraception, abortion? Women and Jewish Law gives contemporary readers access to the central texts of the Jewish religious tradition on issues of special concern to women. Combining a historical overview with a thoughtful feminist critique, this pathbreaking study points the way for “informed change” in the status of women in Jewish life.
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University of Pennsylvania Press Dead Voice Law Philosophy and Fiction in the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Bringing together a multitude of discourses with subtlety and deftness, Jesús R. Velasco undertakes a rare interpretation of the Siete Partidas and offers far-reaching and compelling conclusions." * Simone Pinet, Cornell University *"In his sophisticated literary treatment of the Siete Partidas, Jesús R. Velasco shifts the disciplinary frame away from legal history in a move that will be welcomed by scholars interested in medieval law and sovereignty." * Karl Shoemaker, University of Wisconsin, Madison *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Dead Voice Chapter 2. Vernacular Jurisdiction Chapter 3. Revenant Manuscripts Chapter 4. Legislating Friendship Chapter 5. Sensitive Souls Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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The Catholic University of America Press Canon Law and Cloistered Women Periculoso and Its
Book SynopsisIn 1298 Pope Boniface VIII published a decree, referred to as Periculoso, announcing that nuns were to be perpetually cloistered. This text surveys precedents for Periculoso and some of the problems Boniface VIII hoped to solve, and it analyzes the commentary and attempts to enforce the decree.
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The Catholic University of America Press A Sip from the Well of Grace Medieval Texts from
Book SynopsisIncludes texts and photographs from the Apostolic Penitentiary, ""A Sip from the 'Well of Grace'"", which is groundbreaking in its analysis of one of the most important papal offices of the Middle Ages. This book offers an introduction to the functions of the Apostolic Penitentiary and considers its role among the various papal offices.
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Irregularities and Simple Impediments in the New
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Diocesan Faculties According to the Code of Canon
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer The Sacramentals According to the Code of Canon
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Sponsors at Baptism According to the Code of
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer The Jurisdiction of the Simple Confessor
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer The Third Order Secular of Saint Francis
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer The Delict of Heresy in Its Commission
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer The Canon Law of Wills
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer The Penal Law for Religious
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer The Administration of Temporal Goods in Religious
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer The Crime of Abortion in Canon Law
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer The Mass and Holy Communion InterRitual Law
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer The Sacred Congregation of the Sacraments
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer The New Law on Secular Institutes
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Disqualification of Electors in Ecclesiastical
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Requisites of Intention in the Reception of the
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Natural Law and Positive Law
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer The Penal Remedies of the Code of Canon Law 1960
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Liberty and Law The Idea of Permissive Natural
Book SynopsisExamines a previously underappreciated theme in legal history - the idea of permissive natural law. The idea is mentioned only peripherally, if at all, in modern histories of natural law. Yet it engaged the attention of jurists, philosophers, and theologians over a long period and formed an integral part of their teachings.
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer The History of Courts and Procedure in Medieval
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Medieval canon law can seem a forbidding field to non-specialists but is of crucial importance for understanding many key themes in medieval history: marriage and sexual behaviour; relations between Church and State; heresy and its persecution, among others. This distinguished series provides what historians of medieval Europe and of European law have long needed: an accessible, in-depth and authoritative survey of the field, each aspect covered by a renowned expert, and informing non-specialists and specialists alike of the current state of knowledge and latest scholarly debates and research in this vibrant field.”—Peter Clarke, University of Southampton
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Justice and Mercy Have Met Pope Francis and the
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This volume, incorporating articles that had first appeared in The Jurist, offers an important contribution to understanding the theory and the praxis underlying Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus and thereby assisting in its implementation.” —from the foreword by Robert J. Kaslyn, SJ
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The Catholic University of America Press Prefaces to Canon Law Books in Latin Christianit
Book SynopsisAn updated and expanded version of the original edition, published in 1998. That original edition went up through 1245. This new version extends to 1317 and adds two important prefaces.Trade ReviewPraise for the First Edition“Both students and specialists can be grateful to the authors for this major contribution in English to the study of medieval canon law. It is a clear statement--one emphasized by the late John Gilchrist-that because of its critical importance in medieval life and culture canon law should not remain the obscure domain of specialists, but should be shared with students and non-specialists alike.” – The American Journal of Legal History“[A] learned and useful book, which for the first time assembles a body of canonistic prefaces, presents them in an accessible form, and provides students of medieval canonical thought with a valuable new resource for study and teaching.” – The Catholic Historical Review“This volume is an important and welcome addition to a field of studies where translations into English are few and far between. The breadth of the works selected, the quality of the translations, and the attention to detail that has long characterized the work of both editors make this a valuable resource for specialist and student alike.” – Church History“A welcome combination: a text that is informative for students and professionals alike. The translations succeed in rendering accessible to a general audience some otherwise highly inaccessible material. Somerville and Brasington are to be greatly commended for undertaking this very original enterprise and bringing it to successful parturition.” – Journal of Law and Religion“Somerville and Brasington have chosen to let their compilers and commentators speak for themselves. In doing so, they have had to wrestle with often obscure Latin and frequently less than satisfactory editions. That they succeed in making these texts intelligible through translation and annotation is no small feat.” – Sixteenth Century Journal “This is a significant, elegantly presented contribution to the field of theology, cultural history, and canon law.” – Theological Studies
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The Catholic University of America Press CriminalInquisitorial Trials in English Church
Book SynopsisWritten by a forensic historian, this volume describes the reception and application of inquisition in England from the thirteenth century onwards and analyses all levels of trial proceedings, both minor and major, from accusations of sexual offenses and cheating on tithes to matters of religious dissent.Trade ReviewThe sheer breadth of coverage is intriguing, the technicalities of canonistic procedure are worthy of serious attention, and the evidence employed is extensive. I know of no recent study which would compete, especially with its depth of coverage. This is a significant contribution."" - Thomas Izbicki, Librarian emeritus, Rutgers University
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Canon Law in the Age of Reforms C. 1000 to C.
Book SynopsisAddresses the history of canon law in Western Europe between ca 1000 and 1150, specifically the collections compiled and the councils held in that time. The main part consists of an analysis of all major collections, taking into account their formal and material sources and the social and political context of their origin.
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New York University Press Disagreements of the Jurists
Book SynopsisAl-Qadi al-Nu 'Man was the chief legal theorist and ideologue of the North African Fatimid dynasty in the tenth century. This book focuses on Islamic legal theory, which presents a legal model in support of the Fatimids' principle of legitimate rule over the Islamic community.Trade Review[Disagreements of the Jurists] is very important for students of jurisprudence and for reconstructing fiqh's development. * The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences *This book will be useful especially to those who are interested in the history of law andthe history of the Fatimids. * Speculum *
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Kregel Academic & Professional 40 Questions about the Text and Canon of the New
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Kregel Academic & Professional 40 Questions About Bible Translation
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Cambridge University Press Canon Law and the Letters of Ivo of Chartres 76 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series Series Number 76
Book SynopsisIvo of Chartres was one of the most learned scholars of his time, a powerful bishop and a major figure in the so-called 'Investiture Contest'. Christof Rolker here offers a major new study of Ivo, his works and the role he played in the intellectual, religious and political culture of medieval Europe around 1100 AD. Comparing Ivo's extensive correspondence to the contemporary canon law collections attributed to him, Dr Rolker provides a new interpretation of their authorship. Contrary to current assumptions, he reveals that Ivo did not compile the Panormia, showing that its compiler worked in a distinctly different mental framework from Ivo. These findings call for a reassessment of the relationship between Church reform and scholasticism and shed new light on Ivo as both a scholar and bishop.Trade Review'Christof Rolker provides for the first time a truly comprehensive examination of the letters' [of Ivo of Chartres] transmission. This, however, is only one of this outstanding work's achievements. For Rolker also re-assesses the state of canon law and theology in northern France at the beginning of the twelfth century and Ivo's role in the creation of a distinct canonistic jurisprudence … I recommend this volume to any student of medieval life around 1100.' Bruce Brasington, The Medieval Review'The author presents a painstaking and detailed study of the sources and the inter-relationship of the principal works attributed to Ivo: the Tripartita, Decretum, Panormia and Prologus. … Rolker does clearly give the state of the question on Ivo's canonical works, provides a fuller context for these works, and shines a brighter light on these sources, and it is in just this way that Ivo's letters prove most valuable.' Becket Soule, Ecclesiastical Law JournalTable of Contents1. Ivo of Chartres - 'life and letters'?; 2. Canon law before Ivo; 3. Collections known to or compiled by Ivo; 4. The canon law in Ivo's correspondence; 5. Hierarchies of authority: Ivo's views on divine law and the ecclesiastical hierarchy; 6. The laws of marriage: 'quod et natura disposuit, et lex tam ecclesiastica quam mundana firmavit'; 7. Ivo's Decretum and the Panormia: character, receptions, authorship; 8. Ivo's pastoral canon law and his place in legal history; A concordance table for the quotations in Ivo's letters; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Church Law in Modernity
Book SynopsisNatural law has long been considered the traditional source of Roman Catholic canon law. However, new scholarship is critical of this approach as it portrays the Catholic Church as static, ahistorical, and insensitive to cultural change. In its attempt to stem the massive loss of effectiveness being experienced by canon law, the church has to reconsider its theory of legal foundation, especially its natural law theory. Church Law in Modernity analyses the criticism levelled at the church and puts forward solutions for reconciling church law with modernity by revealing the historical and cultural authenticity of all law, and revising the processes of law making. In a modern church, there is no way of thinking of the law without the participation of the faithful in legislation. Judith Hahn therefore proposes a reformed legislative process for the church in the hope of reconciling the natural law origins of church law with a new, modern theology.Trade Review'Judith Hahn's Church Law in Modernity is the best study of Catholic canon law I have seen. It ably makes the key concepts in canon law interesting to a more general audience, especially those interested in jurisprudence and comparative law.' David Novak, J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Professor of Jewish Studies and Philosophy, University of Toronto'This book provides a fascinating window into the condition of the doctrines of natural law and ecclesiology in German Catholicism.' Matthew Levering, James N. and Mary D. Perry, Jr Chair of Theology, Mundelein Seminary'Hahn's book covers a wide range of topics drawn from various disciplines, assembled coherently and rigourously. Natural law and its relation to Catholic canon law, a global system regulating well over a billion faithful, is examined in a multi-faceted way that is both panoramic and specific, concluding with fifty theses that will generate and facilitate discussion.' Robert Ombres, University of OxfordTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Nature as a source of validity for religious law; 2. Questions from a canonist's point of view; 3. Canon law between nature and culture; 4. Consequences for developing the law; 5. Conclusion.
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New York University Press Disagreements of the Jurists
Book SynopsisA masterful overview of Islamic law and its diversityAl-Qadi al-Nu''man was the chief legal theorist and ideologue of the North African Fatimid dynasty in the tenth century. This translation makes available for the first time in English his major work on Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh), which presents a legal model in support of the Fatimid claim to legitimate rule.Composed as part of a grand project to establish the theoretical bases of the official Fatimid legal school, Disagreements of the Jurists expounds a distinctly Shi''i system of hermeneutics. The work begins with a discussion of the historical causes of jurisprudential divergence in the first Islamic centuries and goes on to engage, point by point, with the specific interpretive methods of Sunni legal theory. The text thus preserves important passages from several Islamic legal theoretical works no longer extant, and in the process throws light on a critical stage in the development of Trade Review[Disagreements of the Jurists] is very important for students of jurisprudence and for reconstructing fiqh's development. * The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences *This book will be useful especially to those who are interested in the history of law andthe history of the Fatimids. * Speculum *
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University of Toronto Press Piers Plowman and the Reinvention of Church Law
Book SynopsisIt is a medieval truism that the poet meddles with words, the lawyer with the world. But are the poet’s words and the lawyer’s world really so far apart? To what extent does the art of making poems share in the craft of making laws, and vice versa? Framed by such questions, Piers Plowman and the Reinvention of Church Law in the Late Middle Ages examines the mutually productive interaction between literary and legal makyngs in England’s great Middle English poem by William Langland. Focusing on Piers Plowman’s preoccupation with wrongdoing in the B and C versions, Arvind Thomas examines the versions’ representations of trials, confessions, restitutions, penalties, and pardons. Thomas explores how the literary informs and transforms the legal until they finally cannot be separated. Thomas shows how the poem’s narrative voice, metaphor, syntax and style not only reflect but also act upon properties of canon law, such as pTrade Review"The book not only offers an insightful reframing of Langland’s interest in the law and penitence, but also makes an original and persuasive contribution to scholarship on the text in general. What helps considerably here is Thomas’ careful negotiation of the link between literariness and legality. Rather than simply taking their kinship as read, his study takes the time to think through the specific points of connection between the law and Langland’s poetics." -- Ben Parsons * Review of English Studies *"This book offers a rich and provocative account of the way an allegorical poem might participate in the discourse of canon law and make its own, distinctive contributions to canonist thought." -- Alastair Bennett, Royal Holloway, University of London * Journal of British Studies *"Thomas reminds us of the complexity of the poem, the way its call for radical reform and its desire for restoration can co-exist in ways that produce sudden shifts and unexpected results. Indeed, this is an ambitious and rewarding book that reveals Langland’s sustained and profound commitment to reinventing canonist thought." -- Conrad van Dijk * Studies in the Age of Chaucer *"Elegantly written and persuasively argued, this book merits persistent return for its suggestive insights and careful attention to Langland’s intricate poetic experiments." -- Jamie K. Taylor, Bryn Mawr College * Yearbook of Langland Studies *"This study is an excellent resource for readers ready to invest the time and mental energy required to understand the complex dialectics both moving ecclesiastical jurisprudence and provoking late-medieval English authors to engage with it. Moreover, because this deeply learned and detailed analysis focuses on one strand of that engagement, Thomas has set the stage for many other studies to follow." -- Candace Barrington * Canadian Journal of History *"This is a deeply learned work which draws upon underused sources like the Corpus iuris canonici and penitential manuals to read Piers Plowman. It is interdisciplinary in its method as well as its sources; Thomas thinks about how literary tropes might reformulate legal authority and about how the language of law contributes to the form of a literary work." -- Conor McKee * Reformation *"This book will be of interest to scholars of Piers Plowman and the law. The second chapter, in particular, is a noteworthy addition to the scholarship." -- Ian Cornelius * Anglia *"This is a brilliant book, as complex and multi-layered as the medieval poem it deals with." -- Robert Ombres O.P. * New Blackfriars *"The book is a wonderfully nuanced approach to long-standing issues surrounding the contextualization of Piers Plowman, and a much-needed addition to the field." -- Gwen Ellis and Alexandra Domeshek * Dies Legibiles, First Edition *"Few scholars could have written a book like this. Canon law is difficult enough to decipher when it is translated to English, but most of those texts Thomas was working with are in Latin. In general, Thomas’s linguistic expertise is truly extraordinary." -- Sara M. Butler, Ohio State University * Modern Philology *"In applying canonist writing to Langland’s poem, Thomas offers a deeply informed survey of church law on penance, and he moves through a wide range of Latin sources with enviable agility and ease." -- Kate Crassons, Lehigh University * English Studies *"Morton Bloomfield famously remarked that reading Piers Plowman ‘is like reading a commentary on an unknown text.’ In this erudite and carefully argued book, Thomas persuasively demonstrates that in many places, that text may be canon law." -- Fiona Somerset, University of Connecticut * Law & Literature *"Piers Plowman and the Reinvention of Church Law in the Late Middle Ages establishes that there is much profit in investigating the canonists’ complex debates to produce striking new readings of knotty passages in the poem." -- Wendy Scase, University of Birmingham * Medieval Sermon Studies *"I expect that Piers Plowman and the Reinvention of Church Law in the Late Middle Ages will be the book of record on its topic for a long time to come. It is obligatory reading for those interested in penance in Piers Plowman as well as all those invested in the radically humane possibilities of late medieval European religious cultures." -- Eric Weiskott, Boston College * The Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures *"Ultimately, this book is especially helpful for reassessing the role of canon law and the function of allegory in Piers Plowman and its wider effects for not only the narrative and characterization, but as potential models and sources of inspiration for contemporary legal practices in late medieval England." -- Curtis Runstedler, Tübingen * Literaturwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch *"All readers will find much of interest in this erudite study. Thomas has enriched the scholarly community’s understanding of so many (in some cases quite little studied) episodes in the poem." -- Chase Padusniak, Princeton University * Comitatus *"The book is a tremendously impressive and important contribution to Piers Plowman studies: robust in scholarship, thorough in close analysis of Langland's poem, and blessed with the gift of Thomas's crystal clarity of expression." -- Jennifer Sisk * Anglistik *"In this fascinating, beautifully crafted book, Thomas teaches us the value of ‘law and literature’ for ‘law and religion’; in it, law, religion, and literature are fully linked in a medieval poem which is ‘productive of, not just derivative from, the discourse of canon law (p. 10)." -- Norman Doe, Cardiff University * Journal of Religious History *"Thomas’s work is a thoroughly researched study of literature and law, engaging with complex ecclesiastical legal thought and its practical implications on the practice of law. He also effectively demonstrates why Piers Plowman came to be considered alongside great canonist material." -- Matthew Cleary, University of Edinburgh * Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies *"Arvind Thomas has made a case for Langland’s use of canon law in his penitential thinking, and indeed for his creation of a poetics of the law that seeks to redirect accepted legal discourse. This challenging book offers a new and resonant framework for understanding the problems of representation in Piers Plowman." -- Elizabeth Allen, University of California, Irvine * Poetics Today *"Thomas’ book should be read widely by anyone interested in the complex interrelations between poetry and cultural production in the late middle ages…Thomas provides an excellent model for his dialectical method of reading the poem and the contemporary tradition of canon law in order to further substantiate the claim of poetry’s capacity to produce—rather than merely react to—its surrounding culture." -- Cullen G. McKenney, Duke University * The Medieval History Journal *"Arvind Thomas has written an account of Piers Plowman that should set the agenda for years to come in any attempt to investigate the poem’s rich engagement with law, ecclesiology, and the penitential process." -- William Rhodes, University of Iowa * Philological Quarterly *"Arvind Thomas offers an insightful and eloquent study that weaves together the poetics of Piers Plowman with the language and concepts of canon law…It is a valuable revision to the law and literature movement. Not only is his study lucid and methodical, but it is also approachable even for a non-specialist audience." -- Laura Godfrey * Arthuriana *"In a poem that has so much to say about penitence, this monograph offers invaluable insights that will undoubtedly enrich one’s understanding of Piers Plowman and its readers." -- Patrick Outhwaite, McGill University * University of Toronto Quarterly *"This monograph is an incisive, intricate, and stunningly original intervention in Langlandian scholarship, with an extensive range of historical background, language, and intertext to offer its reader. Though most accessible to readers long familiar with Langland, the detail and care of Thomas’s scholarship will be exemplary to scholars at all stages who seek to work on Piers Plowman and indeed the canonist literature that surrounds it." -- Hope Doherty * South Atlantic Review *"What Arvind Thomas’s analysis produces is a remarkable concordance of discordant genres, together with an astute isolation of Langland’s own particular note of canonical disharmony." -- Richard Firth Green, The Ohio State University * Archiv *“The body of readers having a prior engagement with medieval thought and Piers Plowman, in particular, will find that Thomas’s study opens up unconsidered territory of essential importance. It is not a book that should be missed.” -- R. F. Yeager, University of West Florida * History of European Ideas *"For historians generally, this book contributes to open up ever further the sophistication and vibrancy of medieval thought and text, and in particular suggestively points to other ‘possible reformations’ imagined and sketched out by late medieval thinkers." -- The Rev’d Dr Arabella Milbank Robinson, Team Parish of Louth * The Historian *"Langland’s capacity for change and reinvention is one of the compulsions of his poem. It is subjected to an extremely interesting scrutiny in this lively and absorbing study." -- Bernard O’Donoghue, Wadham College, Oxford * Peritia *"The scholarship in this book is impeccable. Thomas’s choice of passages from the canonists is surgical and his analyses of the encounter between these passages and Langland’s poetry is painstaking and thorough." -- Lawrence Scanlon, Rutgers University * Law, Culture and the Humanities *"Piers Plowman and the Reinvention of Church Law exhibits the core attributes of the best and most durable humanistic scholarship: it provokes as many questions as it answers, questions which are themselves more interesting than most answers." -- Zachary E. Stone * JEGP *Table of ContentsCONTRITIO CORDIS: THE LAUGHTER OF MEDE AND TEARLESSNESS OF CONTRICION DREAMS OF AVARICE: THE ABSENT PRESENCE OF THE USURY PROHIBITION RESTITUTIO: FROM RULE TO LAW TO JUSTICE IN COVETISE’S CONFESSION SATISFACTIO OPERIS: MAXIM AND METAPHOR IN WRONG’S TRIAL CONTRITIO CORDIS, CONFESSIO ORIS, ET SATISFACTIO OPERIS: FROM SYMBOL TO SIGN IN PATIENCE’S SERMON
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St Augustine's Press That Which Is Just in the Church: An Introduction
Book SynopsisConsonant with its commitment to publish seminal works in the field of canon law, St. Augustine's Press is pleased to make available the first volume in a series that will undoubtedly endure as a masterpiece of scholarship. Carlos José Errázuriz, Professor of Canon Law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome) has provided a comprehensive and insightful treatment of rights, justice, and law in the Catholic Church, beginning with the most basic questions regarding the essence of these realities. His responses exhibit the perspective of that which is just in the Church, which consists of ecclesial juridical goods: the Word of God, the sacraments, the freedom of the children of God, and sacred potestas. This work vindicates the institution of law, but also addresses the "spontaneity" of just freedom proper to what has been instituted by Christ. Errázuriz presents more than the current Code of Canon Law. He instills a realistic perspective of right and law in the Church, and in so doing fills a massive gap in English scholarship. No introduction to canon law available in English rivals Errázuriz's description of justice in the Church and its relationship with communion and sacramentality. Volume I is comprised of the first three chapters of the original, Corso fondamentale sul diritto nella Chiesa (in two volumes, Giuffrè: Milan, 2009 and 2017): "Rights, Justice and Law in the Church," "Canon Law in History," and "The Configuration of Rights and Law in the Church."
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Cosimo Classics The Ante-Nicene Fathers: The Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325, Volume IX: Recently Discovered Additions to Early Christian Literature;
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Hartwell Publishing Company Valid? The Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI: The
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Armsbearing and the Clergy in the History and
Book SynopsisThe history of the vexed relationship between clergy and warfare is traced through a careful examination of canon law. In the first millennium the Christian Church forbade its clergy from bearing arms. In the mid-eleventh century the ban was reiterated many times at the highest levels: all participants in the battle of Hastings, for example, who had drawn blood were required to do public penance. Yet over the next two hundred years the canon law of the Latin Church changed significantly: the pope and bishops came to authorize and direct wars; military-religious orders, beginning with the Templars, emerged to defend the faithful and the Faith; and individual clerics were allowed to bear arms for defensive purposes. This study examines how these changes developed, ranging widely across Europe and taking the story right up to the present day; it also considers the reasons why the original prohibition has never been restored. Lawrence G. Duggan is Professor of History at the University of Delaware and research fellowof the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.Trade ReviewDuggan's work is an extremely valuable resource for those interested in the question of the role of armsbearing in the lives of Western clergy. Although the study of canon law has often times been deemed extremely dry Duggan makes his discussion of legal theory very interesting and exciting. Moreover Duggan must also be commended for the sheer volume of his sources and the depth of is knowledge of them. * ANGLICAN AND EPISCOPAL HISTORY *[A] well-written account that gives the reader many examples of clerics who went to war, their participation in warfare, their role in the Crusades, and the peculiar rise of clerical military orders. it has the virtue of covering the entire span of European civilization. * CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW *Offers an important corrective to the blanket assumption that medieval canon law spoke with one unanimous voice condemning clerical participation in warfare. * AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW *Exemplary as a study of how theory and practice relate to each other. * SEHEPUNKTE *Table of ContentsIntroduction Julius Exclusus? Quot homines, tot sententiae The Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church on Clerical Armsbearing (I): To the Twelfth Century The Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church (II):"Revolution in Law," ca. 1140-1317 The Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church (III): Since 1317 Armsbearing in the English Legal Tradition Conclusion
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