Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West
General Editors
Brenda Bolton, Anne J. Duggan, and Damian J. Smith
About the series
The series Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West reflects the central concerns necessary for any in-depth study of the medieval Church greater cultural awareness and interdisciplinarity. Including both monographs and edited collections, this new series draws on the most innovative work from established and younger scholars alike, offering a balance of interests, vertically though the period from c.400 to c.1500 or horizontally across Latin Christendom. Topics covered range from cultural history, the monastic life, relations between Church and State to law and ritual, palaeography and textual transmission. All authors, from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, share a commitment to innovation, analysis and historical accuracy.
About the volume
The essays in this volume in honour of Martin Brett address issues relating to the compilation and transmission of canon law collections, the role of bishops in their dissemination, as well as the interpretation and use of law in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The studies are grouped thematically under the headings Bishops and Their Texts, and Texts and the Use of Canon Law. These reflect important areas of contention in the historiographical literature and hence will further the debates regarding not simply the compilation and dissemination of canonical collections in the earlier middle ages, but also the development of the practical application of canon law within Europe, especially after c.1080.
Individually, the contributors offer new viewpoints on key issues and questions relating to the creation of canonical texts, their transmission and use on both sides of the English Channel in the decades either side of the year 1100. Collectively, the essays explore the methods and motives of compilers, assess the use of law, find readers both in the compilation of texts and within their margins, and - perhaps most importantly - speculate where possible about the living communities in which these texts were compiled, copied and used.
Martin Brett
BISHOPS, TEXTS AND THE USE OF CANON LAW AROUND 1100
Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West
General Editors Brenda Bolton, Anne J. Duggan and Damian J. Smith
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Bishops, Texts and the Use of Canon Law around 1100
Essays in Honour of Martin Brett
Edited by
BRUCE C. BRASINGTON
West Texas A&M University, USA
KATHLEEN G. CUSHING
University of Keele, UK
First published 2008 by Ashgate Publishing
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Bishops, Texts and the Use of Canon Law around 1100: Essays in Honour of Martin Brett. (Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West)
1. Canon law History To 1500 Sources. I. Brett, M. II. Brasington, Bruce Clark, 1957 . III. Cushing, Kathleen G.
262.922
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bishops, Texts and the Use of Canon Law around 1100: Essays in Honour of Martin Brett / edited by Bruce C. Brasington and Kathleen G. Cushing.
p. cm. (Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Canon law History To 1500 Sources. I. Brett, M. II. Brasington, Bruce Clark, 1957 . III. Cushing, Kathleen G.
KBR160.B57 2007
ISBN 9780754660156 (hbk)
Contents
Bruce C. Brasington and Kathleen G. Cushing
Roger E. Reynolds
Greta Austin
Uta-Renate Blumenthal and Detlev Jasper
Kathleen G. Cushing
Michael Gullick
Przemysaw Nowak
Robert Somerville
Nicols Alvarez de las Asturias
Linda Fowler-Magerl
Christof Rolker
Peter Landau
Bruce C. Brasington
Anders Winroth
Anne J. Duggan
Illustrations for chapter 5 are reproduced with the permission of The Master and Fellows of St Johns College, Cambridge; The Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge; and Canterbury Cathedral Archives.
All the plates in Chapter 6 are published by permission of the Head of the Archives and Library of the Cathedral Chapter at Crokow-Wawel. All photographs are by Dariusz Kolakowski.
Nicols lvarez de las Asturias, Faculty of Theology San Dmaso, Madrid; Pontificia Universit della Sante Croce, Rome
Greta Austin, Associate Professor of Religion, University of Puget Sound
Uta-Renate Blumenthal, Professor of History, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC
Bruce C. Brasington, Professor of History, West Texas A&M University
Kathleen G. Cushing, Reader in Medieval History, Keele University
Anne J. Duggan, Professor Emeritus and Visiting Professor, Kings College, London
