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Great Christian Jurists and Legal Collections in the First Millennium

Philip L. Reynolds (Emory University, Atlanta)

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English
Cambridge University Press
27 June 2019
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 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 fresh light.

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Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 30mm
Weight:   840g
ISBN:   9781108471718
ISBN 10:   1108471714
Series:   Law and Christianity
Pages:   506
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  A / AS level ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Philip L. Reynolds is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Medieval Christianity and Aquinas Professor of Historical Theology at Emory University, Atlanta. A senior fellow of Emory's Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Reynolds directed the Center's project on the Pursuit of Happiness (2006–11). Reynolds was a Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology (2013–14) for his work on contemplative and apophatic theology and on the medieval reception of the pseudo-Dionysius. His books include Food and the Body (1999) and How Marriage Became One of the Sacraments (Cambridge, 2016).

Reviews for Great Christian Jurists and Legal Collections in the First Millennium

'Until recently scholars have not devoted the same attention to the first millennium of law as they have to the law schools of the next millennium. Philip L. Reynolds' splendid volume restores some balance. He has assembled a superb group of scholars who presented the most important elements of law in the early Middle Ages, and had shaped medieval and early modern jurisprudence. This book is a treasure trove for the history of law.' Ken Pennington, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 'An indispensable guide to key figures and legal concepts during the foundational age of Western, Christian, law. Essential reading for legal historians and theologians alike.' Caroline Humfress, University of St Andrews, Scotland


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