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In the popular imagination, the Middle Ages are often associated with lawlessness. However, historians have long recognized that medieval culture was characterized by an enormous respect for law and legal procedure. This book makes the case that one cannot understand the era's cultural trends w...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2008] ©2008 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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The middle ages series
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| Summary: |
In the popular imagination, the Middle Ages are often associated with lawlessness. However, historians have long recognized that medieval culture was characterized by an enormous respect for law and legal procedure. This book makes the case that one cannot understand the era's cultural trends without considering the profound development of law. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9780812208856 |
| Index Number: | KJ985 |
| CLC: | D950.9 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Reordering of Law and the Illicit in Eleventh- and Twelfth- Century Europe / Chapter 1. A Fresh Look at Medieval Sanctuary / Chapter 2. Heresy as Politics and the Politics of Heresy, 1022 1180 / Chapter 3. Legal Ethics: A Medieval Ghost Story / Chapter 4. The Ties That Bind: Legal Status and Imperial Power / Chapter 5. Licit and Illicit in the Yarnall Collection at the University of Pennsylvania: Pages from the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX / Chapter 6. Judicial Violence and Torture in the Carolingian Empire / Chapter 7. The Ambiguity of Treason in Anglo- Norman-French Law, c. 1150 c. 1250 / Chapter 8. Illicit Religion: The Case of Friar Matthew Grabow, O.P. / Chapter 9. Marriage, Concubinage, and the Law / Chapter 10. Crusaders Rights Revisited: The Use and Abuse of Crusader Privileges in Early Thirteenth-Century France / Chapter 11. Learned Opinion and Royal Justice: The Role of Paris Masters of Theology During the Reign of Philip the Fair / Chapter 12. Coin and Punishment in Medieval Venice / Chapter 13. Licit and Illicit in the Rhetoric of the Investiture Conflict / Chapter 14. Satisfying the Laws: The Legenda of Maria of Venice / Chapter 15. Canon Law and Chaucer on Licit and Illicit Magic / Chapter 16. Law, Magic, and Science: Constructing a Border Between Licit and Illicit Knowledge in the Writings of Nicole Oresme / Abbreviation -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |