Papal jurisprudence c. 400: sources of the canon law tradition
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108472937
Date de publication :
19 déc. 2019
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,7 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
600 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
These accessible translations of papal documents from Late Antiquity offer a new understanding of attitudes towards key religious issues within canon law. Most papal documents were responses to questions from bishops, and not initiated from Rome. Papal Jurisprudence, c.400 reveals what bishops were asking, and why the replies mattered.