Letters and Law in the Long Twelfth Century: Correspondence and the Application of Church Law in Medieval Society
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Stephan Kuttner Institute of Medieval Canon Law
Organizer Name
Keith H. Kendall
Organizer Affiliation
Northern Michigan Univ.
Presider Name
Keith H. Kendall
Paper Title 1
Miracles and Canon Law in the Liber gratissimus of Peter Damian
Presenter 1 Name
Charles C. Yost
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Univ. of Notre Dame
Paper Title 2
Navigating Murky Waters: Gratian's Understanding of Reform Principles
Presenter 2 Name
Melodie H. Eichbauer
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Florida Gulf Coast Univ.
Paper Title 3
To Root Out Bad Customs in Sweden: Alexander III and Archbishop Stephen of Uppsala
Presenter 3 Name
Anders Winroth
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Yale Univ.
Paper Title 4
Purging Pluralist Judges in King's Courts: Dissemination and Enforcement of Pope John XXII's Execrabilis (1317) in England
Presenter 4 Name
Ryan Rowberry
Presenter 4 Affiliation
College of Law, Georgia State Univ.
Start Date
9-5-2013 3:30 PM
Session Location
Fetzer 2020
Description
Papers in this session offer insight into how letters and the law worked to effect reform over several centuries. That is, canon law in the long Twelfth Century witnessed mutually reinforcing trends: a rising interest in the study of law in the new schools and universities, and new efforts in the organization of the body of existing church law, such as Gratian's Decretum. In addition, one hallmark of the VERY long Twelfth Century - from the late 11th Century through the early 14th Century - was the constant effort by church leaders to reform not only the church but also Christian society. Medieval church leaders who, on the one hand, grasped the rising influence of canon law, and, on the other hand, faced the ongoing challenge of institutional and societal reform, also wrote letters. Some of their correspondence used canon law not only to disseminate the law but also to apply it in medieval society.
Keith H. Kendall
Letters and Law in the Long Twelfth Century: Correspondence and the Application of Church Law in Medieval Society
Fetzer 2020
Papers in this session offer insight into how letters and the law worked to effect reform over several centuries. That is, canon law in the long Twelfth Century witnessed mutually reinforcing trends: a rising interest in the study of law in the new schools and universities, and new efforts in the organization of the body of existing church law, such as Gratian's Decretum. In addition, one hallmark of the VERY long Twelfth Century - from the late 11th Century through the early 14th Century - was the constant effort by church leaders to reform not only the church but also Christian society. Medieval church leaders who, on the one hand, grasped the rising influence of canon law, and, on the other hand, faced the ongoing challenge of institutional and societal reform, also wrote letters. Some of their correspondence used canon law not only to disseminate the law but also to apply it in medieval society.
Keith H. Kendall