IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 806: Adapting Canon Law in Medieval Scandinavia
Tuesday 3 July 2018, 16.30-18.00
| Organisers: | Ane L. Bysted, Institut for Kultur og Samfund, Aarhus Universitet Anthony Perron, Department of History, Loyola Marymount University, California |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Bertil Nilsson, Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion, Göteborgs Universitet |
| Paper 806-a | What Did Archbishop Eskil Do as Papal Legate? (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Law |
| Paper 806-b | The Cathedral Chapter of Lund and Archepiscopal Appointments: Canonical Elections under Pressure, 14th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Law |
| Paper 806-c | The Landscape of Canon Law: Custom and Environment in Medieval Scandinavia (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Law |
| Abstract | This panel will discuss the complex relationship(s) between Scandinavia and central authority in the Western Church from the 12th to the 14th century. We will explore some of the ways in which papal power was asserted - and resisted - in the medieval North. How were Roman directives communicated and implemented by native legates? What happened when papal prerogatives conflicted with the wishes of cathedral chapters? What allowances did the papacy make for the peculiar local circumstances of Scandinavian ecclesiastical communities? How did a sense of Latin-Christian univeralism coexist with a sense of place in the Nordic church? |