Legal culture across the Alps during the post-Carolingian period

Scholarship on the eleventh century has stressed the central place that Lombardy had in the early Middle Ages for the revival of legal culture in medieval europe. After having retraced these studies and discussed how this same region had already played an important role for the shaping of legal cult...

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Main Author: Michele Baitieri
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Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2021-06-01
Series:Studi di Storia Medioevale e di Diplomatica: Nuova Serie
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/SSMD/article/view/15768
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description Scholarship on the eleventh century has stressed the central place that Lombardy had in the early Middle Ages for the revival of legal culture in medieval europe. After having retraced these studies and discussed how this same region had already played an important role for the shaping of legal culture across the Alps during the Ottonian period, my paper focuses on Canon law. Until recent years little or no attention has been paid to the history of Canon law in the decades around 900. According to the classic narrative on this period, it was only in the eleventh century that something new took place in the history of Canon law, specifically the development of canonical collections which aimed not only to systematically re‐arrange, but also to re‐shape a vast number of norms inherited from the previous centuries. Looking at the canonical collection Anselmo dedicata, produced in northern Italy for the Archbishop of Milan, Anselm II (882‐896), this paper aims to highlight the pivotal role played by Lombardy in the shaping of Canon law across the Alps during post‐Carolingian period.
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spelling doaj.art-1cd3addb350b485b9889cd9156568db92024-03-02T08:37:28ZengMilano University PressStudi di Storia Medioevale e di Diplomatica: Nuova Serie1124-12682611-318X2021-06-014Legal culture across the Alps during the post-Carolingian periodMichele Baitieri0University of Nottingham, UKScholarship on the eleventh century has stressed the central place that Lombardy had in the early Middle Ages for the revival of legal culture in medieval europe. After having retraced these studies and discussed how this same region had already played an important role for the shaping of legal culture across the Alps during the Ottonian period, my paper focuses on Canon law. Until recent years little or no attention has been paid to the history of Canon law in the decades around 900. According to the classic narrative on this period, it was only in the eleventh century that something new took place in the history of Canon law, specifically the development of canonical collections which aimed not only to systematically re‐arrange, but also to re‐shape a vast number of norms inherited from the previous centuries. Looking at the canonical collection Anselmo dedicata, produced in northern Italy for the Archbishop of Milan, Anselm II (882‐896), this paper aims to highlight the pivotal role played by Lombardy in the shaping of Canon law across the Alps during post‐Carolingian period.https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/SSMD/article/view/15768Cultura giuridicacollezioni canoniche altomedievaliAnselmo dedicataAlpi
spellingShingle Michele Baitieri
Legal culture across the Alps during the post-Carolingian period
Studi di Storia Medioevale e di Diplomatica: Nuova Serie
Cultura giuridica
collezioni canoniche altomedievali
Anselmo dedicata
Alpi
title Legal culture across the Alps during the post-Carolingian period
title_full Legal culture across the Alps during the post-Carolingian period
title_fullStr Legal culture across the Alps during the post-Carolingian period
title_full_unstemmed Legal culture across the Alps during the post-Carolingian period
title_short Legal culture across the Alps during the post-Carolingian period
title_sort legal culture across the alps during the post carolingian period
topic Cultura giuridica
collezioni canoniche altomedievali
Anselmo dedicata
Alpi
url https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/SSMD/article/view/15768
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