Making Laws for a Christian Society

This is the first comprehensive study of the contribution that texts from Britain and Ireland made to the development of canon law in early medieval Europe.

Autorentext

Roy Flechner is Associate Professor at University College Dublin. He has held Research Fellowships at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and at the Freie Universität in Berlin. His other books include The Hibernensis (in two volumes), and Saint Patrick Retold.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. The Hibernensis in context 2. Early canonical collections and the Hibernensis 3. Identifying an insular tradition of ecclesiastical law 4. Irish vernacular law and church law 5. Deploying sources 6. The Bible, exegesis, and the interpretation of law 7. Reception and practice: Brittany as a case study Conclusion Appendix I: A Synopsis of the Hibernensis and Cop, fols. 69v-80v Appendix II: Texts attributed to annales with and without additional qualifiers Appendix III: Texts attributed to Origen (Origenes)