Lutheran theology and contract law in early modern Germany: (ca. 1520-1720)

It is clear that the Lutheran Reformation greatly contributed to changes in theological and legal ideas – but what was the extent of its impact on the field of contract law? Legal historians have extensively studied the contract doctrines developed by Roman Catholic theologians and canonists; howeve...

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Main Author: Astorri, Paolo (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Paderborn Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh 2019
In:Year: 2019
Reviews:[Rezension von: Paolo Astorri, Lutheran Theology and Contract Law in Early Modern Germany (ca. 1520–1720) (= Law and Religion in the Early Modern Period 1)] (2020) (Strohm, Christoph, 1958 -)
[Rezension von: Paolo Astorri, Lutheran Theology and Contract Law in Early Modern Germany (ca. 1520–1720) (= Law and Religion in the Early Modern Period 1)] (2022) (Schmoeckel, Mathias, 1963 -)
Edition:2019
Series/Journal:Law and Religion in the Early Modern Period / Recht und Religion in der Frühen Neuzeit 1
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Germany / Lutheranism / Contract law / History 1520-1720
Further subjects:B Census
B Just price
B Lutheran Orthodoxy
B Reformation
B Conscience
B Financial regulation
B Market and morality
B Thesis
B Casuistry
B Moral Theology
B Commutative justice
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Summary:It is clear that the Lutheran Reformation greatly contributed to changes in theological and legal ideas – but what was the extent of its impact on the field of contract law? Legal historians have extensively studied the contract doctrines developed by Roman Catholic theologians and canonists; however, they have largely neglected Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon, Johann Aepinus, Martin Chemnitz, Friedrich Balduin and many other reformers. This book focuses on those neglected voices of the Reformation, exploring their role in the history of contract law. These men mapped out general principles to counter commercial fraud and dictated norms to regulate standard economic transactions. The most learned jurists, such as Matthias Coler, Peter Heige, Benedict Carpzov, and Samuel Stryk, among others, studied these theological teachings and implemented them in legal tenets. Theologians and jurists thus cooperated in resolving contract law problems, especially those concerning interest and usury.
ISBN:3657701508