" Gratian has long been called the Father of Canon Law. This latest volume in the ongoing History of Medieval Canon Law series covers the period from Gratian's initial teaching of canon law during the 1120s to just before the promulgation of the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX in 1234. Gratian's contributions to the birth of canon law and European jurisprudence were significant: he introduced a new methodology of teaching law by using h ..."
"This newest volume in the History of Medieval Canon Law series surveys the history of Byzantine and Eastern canon law. Beginning in the Patristic Age, Susan Wessel outlines the evolution of ecclesiastical law before the Council of Nicaea (325 A.D.). She covers the earliest documents and councils in the Christian tradition, and concludes that the councils replaced other sources of authority as bishops moved to a more democratic model of ..."
"This volume brings together papers by a group of scholars, distinguished in their own right, in honour of James Brundage. The essays are organised into four sections, each corresponding to an important focus of Brundage's scholarly work. The first section explores the connection between the development of medieval legal and constitutional thought. Thomas Izbicki, Kenneth Pennington, and Charles Reid, Jr. expl ..."
The Prince and the Law, 1200-1600(First Edition) Sovereignty and Rights in the Western Legal Tradition by Professor KennethPennington Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 1993 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-07995-3, ISBN: 0-520-07995-7
"According to the plaintiffs, King Henry V had stipulated that the Priory of
Lancaster was to be given to Syon in frank almoigne (free alms, requiring only a
return ofspiritual services, such as prayers for the soul of the departed) upon the
death of the incumbent prior, Giles Lovell. Lovell had died, leaving a priory worth
£200, but his executors, William Haryngton and John Morley, had refused to
concede to the nuns certain mortuar ..."
"Despite the long reach of classical canon law—across Europe, well into modern times, and into such secular subjects as theft, wills, and the sale of goods—it has been the subject of far too few general studies in English. Illuminating the basic nature of the canon, this work explores the roles of moral, social, political, and religious values in the laws' development through the seventeenth century. At the same time, R. H. Helmholz make ..."
The Prince and the Law, 1200-1600 Sovereignty and Rights in the Western Legal Tradition by KennethPennington 352 Pages, Published 1993 by Univ Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-91303-5, ISBN: 0-520-91303-5
"Despite a life of administrative activity, Hostiensis composed three major legal
works: a Summa on the Decretals (ca. ... He was more sensitive to and interested
in legal questions touching on the structure and constitution of the Church than
other canonists of his time. ... The quotation is taken from a consilium of Baldus:
in the vulgate edition book 4, consilium 500. ... Canon Law and the Christian
Community: The Role of Law Acc ..."
The Middle Ages Pope and Bishops : The Papal Monarchy in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by KennethPennington Published 1984 ISBN-13: 978-1-5128-1985-4, ISBN: 1-5128-1985-9
"In this first volume of the new History of Medieval Canon Law series, Lotte Kry presents a bibliographical survey of the chronological and systematic canonical collections in the Latin West from the beginnings of Christianity to Gratian's Decretum (ca. A.D. 1140). Divided into three large chronological periods-Early Medieval, Carolingian, and Gregorian Reform-the book includes a catalogue of early medieval canonistic manuscripts a ..."
Pope and Bishops(1st Edition) The Papal Monarchy in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries (The Middle Ages Series) by Professor KennethPennington Hardcover, 225 Pages, Published 1984 by University Of Pennsylvania Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-7918-4, ISBN: 0-8122-7918-2
"In this volume, dedicated to medieval canon law expert Kenneth Pennington, leading scholars from around the world discuss the contribution of medieval church law to the origins of the western legal tradition. The stellar cast assembled by editors Wolfgang P. Muller and Mary E. Sommar includes younger scholars as well as long-established specialists in the field. Muller's introduction provides the first comprehensive survey of investigat ..."
Wladca i prawo 1200-1600 by PenningtonKenneth Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2012 by Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego ISBN-13: 978-83-235-0974-5, ISBN: 83-235-0974-3