New Discourses in Medieval Canon Law Research

Christof Rolker, Ph.D. (Cambridge, 2006), is professor for Historische Grundwissenschaften at the University of Bamberg. His numerous publications on medieval canon law include Canon Law and the Letters of Ivo of Chartres (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

• ContentsAbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionChristof Rolker and Andreas Thier1 Fournier’s Model and Its MeritsChristof Rolker2 Law and Reform: The Transmission of Burchard of Worms’ Liber decretorumKathleen G. Cushing3 New Narratives for the Gregorian ReformGreta Austin4 Clerical Networks and Canon Law: The Beauvais Election Controversy of 1100–04John S. Ott5 The Role of Hagiography in the Development of Canon Law in the Reform EraTatsushi Genka6 Of Scholasticism and Canon Law: Narratives Old and NewJohn C. Wei7 The Decretum of Gratian: A Janus-Faced CollectionStephan Dusil8 Using the ‘Old Law’ in Twelfth-Century Decretal CollectionsDanica Summerlin9 Canon Law before Gratian: A Bibliographical AppendixChristof RolkerGeneral Index

"...the valuable historiographical and methodological reflection provided in this volume makes it a must-read for anyone interested in canon law, theology, and church history in the eleventh and twelfth centuries". John Burden, in The Medieval Review 20.05.05 (2020). The full review is accessible at this link: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/tmr/index. "Christof Rolker has edited an excellent volume of essays on research on canon law in the long twelfth century [...] this volume represents an important engagement and challenge to long-standing assumptions. Every scholar of law and the papacy in this period should consult the volume, and it should give sobriety and pause to those wishing to make a long-lasting mark on scholarship". Atria A. Larson, in Speculum 95/3, July 2020.