Christof Rolker, ed., New Discourses in Medieval Canon Law Research: Challenging the Master Narrative. (Medieval Law and Its Practice 28.) Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2019. Pp. x, 212; 1 color figure and 7 tables. $153. ISBN: 978-9-0043-8993-9. Table of contents available online at https://brill.com/view/title/54017?rskey=FcgkzU&format=HC&offer=496929&result=1.

Speculum ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 891-893
Author(s):  
Atria A. Larson
Keyword(s):  
Canon Law ◽  
Master Narrative ◽  
Medieval Law ◽  
Color Figure ◽  
Medieval Canon Law

The Use of Alliteration in a Norwegian Medieval Law – just for Fun?

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-251
Author(s):  
Torgeir Landro
Keyword(s):  
Canon Law ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Ecclesiastical Law ◽  
Legal Traditions ◽  
Medieval Law ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Ideal ◽  
Medieval Canon Law

Abstract The article explores the use of alliteration in an ecclesiastical law from medieval Norway. While earlier scholars considered alliteration to be a remnant from preliterate times, von See’s and Ehrhardt’s studies revealed that alliteration was more frequent in younger laws, and therefore supposedly introduced by the Church and the royal government. The material from the Norwegian law confirms that the alliterative formulations are added later on. However, in this particular case, the alliteration has contributed to corrupting the content, an observation which clashes with the ideal of clarity, which was also important in medieval canon law. This fact, in turn, leads to the conclusion that the paragraph draws on different legal traditions, both native, customary law and learned, canon law.

Medieval Canon Law Manuscripts in the National Library of St. Petersburg, I

2012 ◽  
Vol 181 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-105
Author(s):  
Szaboles Anzelm Szuromi
Keyword(s):  
Canon Law ◽  
National Library ◽  
Medieval Canon Law

The Rights of Children in Medieval Canon Law

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles J. Reid
Keyword(s):  
Canon Law ◽  
Medieval Canon Law

The Medieval Canon Law: Teaching, Literature, and Transmission

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 167-167
Author(s):  
James Muldoon
Keyword(s):  
Canon Law ◽  
Teaching Literature ◽  
Medieval Canon Law
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