Great Christian Jurists and Legal Collections in the First Millennium

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Great Christian Jurists and Legal Collections in the First Millennium is a systematic collection of essays describing how Christian leaders and scholars of the first millennium in the West contributed to law and jurisprudence and used written norms and corrective practices to maintain social order and to guide people from this life into the next. With chapters on topics such as Roman and post-Roman law, church councils, the papacy, and the relationship between royal and ecclesiastical authority, as well as on individual authors such as Lactantius, Ambrosiaster, Augustine, Leo I, Gelasius I, and Gregory the Great, this book invites a more holistic and realistic appreciation of early-medieval contributions to the history of law and jurisprudence, suitable for entry-level students and scholars alike. Great Christian Jurists and Legal Collections in the First Millennium provides a fresh look, from a new perspective, enabling readers to see these familiar authors in a new light. List of Contributors page x Preface and Acknowledgments xiii List of Abbreviations xvi part i 1 1 Normative Texts and Practices of the First Millennium Philip L. Reynolds 3 2 The Many Voices of Roman Law Jill Harries 53 3 The Law of the Post-Roman Kingdoms Alexander Callander Murray 73 4 Ecclesiastical Councils Gregory I. Halfond 107 5 The Papacy Clemens Gantner and Stefan Schima 128 6 The Sacred Palace, Public Penance, and the Carolingian Polity Mayke de Jong 155 7 Canonical Collections Roy Flechner 182 8 The Practice and Literature of Penance Rob Meens 198 9 Monastic Rules Albrecht Diem 214 part ii 237 10 Lactantius Elizabeth DePalma Digeser 239 11 Ambrosiaster David G. Hunter 252 12 Augustine of Hippo Brian Gronewoller 266 13 Leo the Great Susan Wessel 283 14 Gelasius I Bronwen Neil 297 15 Dionysius Exiguus David Heith-Stade 315 16 Benedict’s Rule Hugh Feiss, OSB 334 17 Gregory the Great Carole Straw 353 18 Isidore of Seville Luca Loschiavo 381 19 Pseudo-Isidorus Mercator Clara Harder 397 20 Jonas of Orle´ans Francesco Veronese 413 21 Hincmar of Reims Charles West 429 22 Regino of Pru¨m Greta Austin 444 23 Burchard of Worms Greta Austin 458 24 New Horizons in Church Law Robert Somerville 471 Index 478