IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 125: Canon Law, I: Letters and Law in the 12th Century
Monday 1 July 2013, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Iuris Canonici Medii Aevi Consociatio (ICMAC) / Church, Law & Society in the Middle Ages |
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Organiser: | Danica Summerlin, Stephan Kuttner Institute of Medieval Canon Law, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
Moderator/Chair: | Bruce C. Brasington, Department of History & Geography, West Texas A&M University, Canyon |
Paper 125-a | The Interaction of 'Old' and 'New' Laws in the Later 12th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 125-b | 'Our letters have not usually made law (legem facere) on such matters' (Alexander III, 1169): A New Look at the Formation of the Canon Law of Marriage in the 12th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Sexuality |
Abstract | While the development of the 'new' law of the decretals in the 12th and 13th centuries would eventually provide the Church with its authoritative legal codes, during the later 12th century the emergence of those codes was far from certain. This session will investigate the fluidity of legal ideas during the later 12th century, demonstrating how the the interaction of local ideas with papal letters created an innovative legal culture. The copious marriage letters of a variety of popes and bishops continue to provide a key entrance point into understanding that culture. |