Canons of the Third Lateran Council of 1179 - Their Origins and Reception

Investigates papal government in the later-twelfth century, focusing on the decrees issued at papal councils, and their reception.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Historical survey; 2. Disputes, decretals, and the 1179 conciliar canons; 3. The 1179 canons and the schools; 4. The dissemination of the 1179 canons; 5. Use of the canons, ca. 1179-ca. 1191; Conclusions; Appendix 1. Manuscript listing of the 1179 canons.

About the author

Danica Summerlin is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Sheffield where her research focuses on the role of canon law in government and society in the central Middle Ages. She is one of three leaders of an international project revamping the Clavis Canonum, a key database for the study of medieval canonical collections available online via the Monumenta Germaniae Historica. She is the co-editor of The Use of Canon Law in Ecclesiastical Administration, 1000–1234 (2018) with Melodie H. Eichbauer.

Product details

• Authors: Danica Summerlin, Danica (University of Sheffield) Summerlin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781107145825
• ISBN: 978-1-107-14582-5
• No. of pages: 310
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series; Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Christentum, Europäische Geschichte, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ecclesiology, History - General History, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, History of Religion, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Christian institutions & organizations, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Religious institutions and organizations, Ecclesiastical (canon) law, Systems of law: ecclesiastical (canon) law