TY - BOOK ID - 101099327 TI - The Cambridge history of medieval canon law AU - Winroth, Anders AU - Wei, John Chin-Chau PY - 2022 SN - 9781107025042 9781107692572 1107025044 9781139177221 1139177222 1107692571 1009063952 1009064274 9781009063951 9781009064279 PB - Cambridge: New York: New Delhi: Singapore: Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Canon law KW - Droit canonique KW - Law, Medieval. KW - Droit médiéval KW - History KW - Eastern churches KW - Églises orientales KW - 600-1500. KW - Law, Medieval KW - Medieval law KW - Public law (Canon law) KW - Law KW - Ecclesiastical law KW - Rescripts, Papal KW - Catholic Church KW - 348 KW - 34 <09> KW - 940.1 KW - 940.1 Geschiedenis van Europa: Middeleeuwen:--(ca.375-1492) KW - Geschiedenis van Europa: Middeleeuwen:--(ca.375-1492) KW - 34 <09> Rechtsgeschiedenis --(algemeen) KW - Rechtsgeschiedenis --(algemeen) KW - 348 Kerkelijk recht. Canoniek recht KW - Kerkelijk recht. Canoniek recht KW - 348 Ecclesiastical law. Canon law. Religious law KW - Ecclesiastical law. Canon law. Religious law KW - Canon law - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 KW - Canon law - Eastern churches - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 KW - Droit médiéval KW - Églises orientales KW - Droit canon KW - Église orientale KW - Moyen âge -- 476-1492 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101099327 AB - Canon law touched nearly every aspect of medieval society, including many issues we now think of as purely secular. It regulated marriages, oaths, usury, sorcery, heresy, university life, penance, just war, court procedure, and Christian relations with religious minorities. Canon law also regulated the clergy and the Church, one of the most important institutions in the Middle Ages. This Cambridge History offers a comprehensive survey of canon law, both chronologically and thematically. Written by an international team of scholars, it explores, in non-technical language, how it operated in the daily life of people and in the great political events of the time. The volume demonstrates that medieval canon law holds a unique position in the legal history of Europe. Indeed, the influence of medieval canon law, which was at the forefront of introducing and defining concepts such as 'equity,' 'rationality,' 'office,' and 'positive law,' has been enormous, long-lasting, and remarkably diverse ER -