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7 juin 2011

"Law as Profession and Practice in Medieval Europe. Essays in Honor of James A. Brundage", Ashgate, 2011

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Law as Profession and Practice in Medieval Europe
Essays in Honor of James A. Brundage
Edited by Ken Pennington, The Catholic University of America, USA, and Melodie Harris Eichbauer, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, USA 

Ashgate, October 2011, 400 p., ISBN:978-1-4094-2574-8, £75
Présentation éditeur
This volume brings together papers by a group of scholars, distinguished in their own right, in honour of James Brundage. The essays are organised into four sections, each corresponding to an important focus of Brundage's scholarly work. The first section explores the connection between the development of medieval legal and constitutional thought. Thomas Izbicki, Kenneth Pennington, and Charles Reid, Jr. explore various aspects of the jurisprudence of the Ius commune, while James Powell, Michael Gervers and Nicole Hamonic, Olivia Robinson, and Elizabeth Makowski examine how that jurisprudence was applied to various medieval institutions. Brian Tierney and James Muldoon conclude this section by demonstrating two important points: modern ideas of consent in the political sphere and fundamental principles of international law attributed to sixteenth century jurists like Hugo Grotius have deep roots in medieval jurisprudential thought.

Patrick Zutshi, R. H. Helmholz, Peter Landau, Marjorie Chibnall, and Edward Peters have written essays that augment Brundage's work on the growth of the legal profession and how traces of a legal education began to emerge in many diverse arenas. The influence of legal thinking on marriage and sexuality was another aspect of Brundage's broad interests. In the third section Richard Kay, Charles Donahue, Jr., and Glenn Olsen explore the intersection of law and marriage and the interplay of legal thought on a central institution of Christian society. The contributions of Jonathan Riley-Smith and Robert Somerville in the fourth section round-out the volume and are devoted to Brundage's path-breaking work on medieval law and the crusading movement. The volume also includes a comprehensive bibliography of Brundage's work.


Contents: 
Introduction, Melodie H. Eichbauer; Part I Medieval Legal Thought and Constitutional Ideas: Bishops and bankers, Olivia F. Robinson; Defending a conservative view on witches: Juan de Torquemada on C. Episcopi [C. 26 q.5 c.12], Thomas M. Izbicki; Pope Innocent III and secular law, James M. Powell; Corporatism, individualism, and consent, Brian Tierney; The rights of self-defense and justified warfare in the writings of the 12th- and 13th-century canonists, Charles J. Reid Jr; Feudal oath of fidelity and homage, Kenneth Pennington; Is the sea open or closed? The Grotius-Selden debate renewed, James Muldoon. Part II Schools, the English Church, and Texts: The sacred muses and the 12 tables: legal education and practice, Latin philology and rhetoric, and Roman history, Edward Peters; When did Cambridge become a studium generale?, Patrick Zutshi; Regulating the number of proctors in the English ecclesiastical courts: evidence from an early Tudor tract, R.H. Helmholz; Collectio Fontanensis: a decretal collection of the 12th century for an English Cistercian abbey, Peter Landau; 'Deus est procurator fatuorum': cloistered nuns and equitable decision-making on the Court of Chancery, Elizabeth Makowski; Canon law as reflected in the Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis, Marjorie Chibnall; Pro amore Dei: diplomatic evidence of social conflict during the reign of King John, Michael Gervers and Nicole Hamonic. Part III Law, Sex, and Marriage: The mysterious canonist Bazanius on marriage, Charles Donahue Jr; Charlemagne in Hell, Richard Kay; Sex and the Romanesque in Occitania-Provence, Glenn W. Olsen. Part IV Law and Crusades: The Templars and their legislation, Jonathan Riley-Smith; Adhemar of Le Puy, papal legate on the 1st Crusade, Robert Somerville; Bibliography of James A. Brundage's works, Melodie H. Eichbauer; Index.
Editor: 
Ken Pennington is Kelly-Quinn Professor of Ecclesiastical and Legal History at the The Catholic University of America, USA; Melodie Harris Eichbauer is Assistant Professor of Medieval History, History Department, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, USA

This title is also available as an ebook, ISBN 978-1-4094-2575-5