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

Despite the growing centralisation of medieval papal government, this study argues that twelfth-century papal councils - a critical mechanism for contemporary papal government - relied on input from local clerics to formulate the conciliar decrees and, later, ensure their dissemination, thereby limiting the influence of the papacy.

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.

Summary

Despite the growing centralisation of medieval papal government, this study argues that twelfth-century papal councils - a critical mechanism for contemporary papal government - relied on input from local clerics to formulate the conciliar decrees and, later, ensure their dissemination, thereby limiting the influence of the papacy.

Product details

• Authors: Danica Summerlin, Danica (University of Sheffield) Summerlin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781108813846
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81384-6
• No. of pages: 330
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series; Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 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