Great Christian jurists and legal collections in the first millennium
An anthology of essays by experts in diverse historical fields, designed for entry-level students as well as for scholars, showing how Christians of the first millennium in the West understood law and used written norms and corrective practices to maintain social order and to ensure salvation.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Great Christian jurists and legal collections in the first millennium] (2023) (White, Sarah B., 1990 -)
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series/Journal: | Law and Christianity
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | An anthology of essays by experts in diverse historical fields, designed for entry-level students as well as for scholars, showing how Christians of the first millennium in the West understood law and used written norms and corrective practices to maintain social order and to ensure salvation. Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I -- 1 Normative Texts and Practices of the First Millennium -- 2 The Many Voices of Roman Law -- 3 The Law of the Post-Roman Kingdoms -- 4 Ecclesiastical Councils -- 5 The Papacy -- 6 The Sacred Palace, Public Penance, and the Carolingian Polity -- 7 Canonical Collections -- 8 The Practice and Literature of Penance -- 9 Monastic Rules -- Part II -- 10 Lactantius -- 11 Ambrosiaster -- 12 Augustine of Hippo -- 13 Leo the Great -- 14 Gelasius I -- 15 Dionysius Exiguus -- 16 Benedict's Rule -- 17 Gregory the Great -- 18 Isidore of Seville -- 19 Pseudo-Isidorus Mercator -- 20 Jonas of Orléans -- 21 Hincmar of Reims -- 22 Regino of Prüm -- 23 Burchard of Worms -- 24 New Horizons in Church Law -- Index. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (510 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1108559131 |