After a brief winter hiatus, our weekly class blog is back and better than ever! This week we’re looking at the canons of the Fourth Lateran Council. This document is extremely important in shaping the official direction of the Catholic Church for high and late Middle Ages.
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Guide to having sex in the Middle Ages – A theme of the past few weeks is the increasingly regulation of Catholic Christianity in the Middle Ages. This flowchart is a good example of how reforms in canon law attempted to regulate society.
History of Medieval Canon Law – If you’re interested in learning more about canon law, the medieval jurist Gratian is a great place to start. This site links you to some free downloads of Gratian’s texts.
Erik Kwakkel’s tumblr – The Dutch book historian Erik Kwakkel has a fantastic tumblr which collects interesting images from medieval manuscripts. I’ve linked you to a search for images from law books. Medieval legal manuscripts are a fascinating topic, why not take a good at some outstanding examples?
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Centre for Legal History – If you’ve whetted your appetite for legal history, then you might be interested in following the Centre for Legal History. While they don’t focus exclusively on medieval legal history, they’re a fascinating account for anyone with in interest in the history of law to follow.
As always I have office hours on Thursday between 2:30 and 3:30 in Sommerville House. I’ll see you on Thursday.
-Ryan Hunt
@Ryan__Hunt
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