TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rennie,Kriston R.
TI  - Past Imperfect. Medieval Canon Law
T2  - Past Imperfect
SN  - 9781942401681
U1  - 262.9 
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Leeds : 
PB  - ARC Humanities Press, 
KW  - Canon law
KW  - History
KW  - Law, Medieval
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Roman Church
KW  - canon law
KW  - medieval
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Glossary --; Notes on Referencing --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. The Master Narrative --; Chapter 2. Structure --; Chapter 3. Collections (Sources) --; Chapter 4. Rationale --; Chapter 5. Practice (Reality) --; Further Reading; restricted access
N2  - Canon law is an unavoidable theme for medieval historians. It intersects with every aspect of medieval life and society, and at one point or another, every medievalist works on the law. In this book, Kriston Rennie looks at the early medieval origins and development of canon law though a social history framework, with a view to making sense of a rich and complex legal system and culture, and an equally rich scholarly tradition. It was in the early Middle Ages that the ancient traditions, norms, customs, and rationale of the Church were shaped into legislative procedure. The structures and rationale behind the law’s formulation – its fundamental purpose, reason for existence and proliferation, and methods of creation and collection – explain how the medieval Church and society was influenced and controlled. They also, as this short book argues, explain how it ultimately functioned; Looks at the early medieval origins and development of canon law using a social history framework, with a view to making sense of a rich and complex legal system and culture which influenced and controlled the medieval Church and society
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781942401698?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781942401698
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781942401698/original
ER  -