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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
Canon law --- Droit canonique --- Law, Medieval. --- Droit médiéval --- History --- Eastern churches --- Églises orientales --- 600-1500. --- Law, Medieval --- Medieval law --- Public law (Canon law) --- Law --- Ecclesiastical law --- Rescripts, Papal --- Catholic Church --- 348 --- 34 <09> --- 940.1 --- 940.1 Geschiedenis van Europa: Middeleeuwen:--(ca.375-1492) --- Geschiedenis van Europa: Middeleeuwen:--(ca.375-1492) --- 34 <09> Rechtsgeschiedenis --(algemeen) --- Rechtsgeschiedenis --(algemeen) --- 348 Kerkelijk recht. Canoniek recht --- Kerkelijk recht. Canoniek recht --- 348 Ecclesiastical law. Canon law. Religious law --- Ecclesiastical law. Canon law. Religious law --- Canon law - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Canon law - Eastern churches - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Droit médiéval --- Églises orientales --- Droit canon --- Église orientale --- Moyen âge -- 476-1492
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