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Book SynopsisThe Decretum Gratiani is the cornerstone of medieval canon law, and the manuscript St Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 673 an essential witness to its evolution. The studies in this volume focus on that manuscript, providing critical insights into its genesis, linguistic features, and use of Roman Law, while evaluating its attraction to medieval readers and modern scholars. Together, these studies offer a fascinating view on the evolution of the Decretum Gratiani, as well as granting new insights on the complex dynamics and processes by which legal knowledge was first created and then transferred in medieval jurisprudence. Contributors are Enrique de León, Stephan Dusil, Melodie H. Eichbauer, Atria A. Larson, Titus Lenherr, Philipp Lenz, Kenneth Pennington, Andreas Thier, José Miguel Viejo-Ximénez, John C. Wei, and Anders Winroth.
Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures Abbreviations Contributors1 Part 1: Introducing the Debate 1 Exploring the Evolution of Legal Knowledge in the Middle Ages: The Manuscript Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 673 as Challenge and Chance Andreas Thier Part 2: The Origin of Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 673 2 The Codicology, the Palaeography, and the Glossing of Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibiothek, 673 (Sg) Philipp Lenz Part 3: Creating Legal Knowledge 3 The Formation of Marriage according to the Sg-Codex = Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 673, 166–169 Enrique de León 4 The Uniqueness of Prima Causa in Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 673 Melodie H. Eichbauer 5 ‘aliis in carceribus et latumiis reclusis’, ‘aliis carcere et ergastulo reclusis’: Special Language Features in the Exserpta ex decretis sanctorum patrum and Their Interpretation Titus Lenherr 6 A Miracle Story Allegedly in decretis Bonifacii pape John C. Wei Part 4: Sharing Legal Knowledge 7 Nota: What the Scribes of Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 673 Found Noteworthy in Gratian’s Decretum Atria A. Larson 8 Teaching Canon Law in the Early Twelfth Century: The Evidence of Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 673 Kenneth Pennington 9 The Exserpta in the Origins of the Science of Canon Law José Miguel Viejo-Ximénez Part 5: Sg in Its Context 10 Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 673 in Context: Twelfth-Century Transformations and Abbreviations of Gratian’s Decretum Anders Winroth Part 6: Summarizing Observations 11 Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek 673: a Copy of Gratian’s Decretum at the Beginning of Decretistic Teaching. Fresh Perspectives, New Insights, and Open Questions Stephan Dusil Bibliography Index
