Law and the Illicit in Medieval Europe
Edited by Ruth Mazo Karras, Joel Kaye, and E. Ann Matter
2008 | 336 pages | Cloth $59.95 | Paper $24.95
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Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: The Reordering of Law and the Illicit in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Europe
—Edward M. Peters
PART I: LEGAL SYSTEMS
Chapter 1: A Fresh Look at Medieval Sanctuary
—William Chester Jordan
Chapter 2: Heresy as Politics and the Politics of Heresy, 1022-1180
—R. I. Moore
Chapter 3: Legal Ethics: A Medieval Ghost Story
—James Brundage
Chapter 4: The Ties That Bind: Legal Status and Imperial Power
—James Muldoon
PART II: WRITING THE LAW
Chapter 5: Licit and Illicit in the Yarnall Collection at the University of Pennsylvania: Pages from the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX
—Robert Somerville
Chapter 6: Judicial Violence and Torture in the Carolingian Empire
—Patrick Geary
Chapter 7: The Ambiguity of Treason in Anglo-Norman-French Law, c. 1150-c. 1250
—Stephen D. White
Chapter 8: Illicit Religion: The Case of Friar Matthew Grabow, O.P.
—John Van Engen
Chapter 9: Marriage, Concubinage, and the Law
—Ruth Mazo Karras
PART III: CASES AND TRIALS
Chapter 10: Crusaders' Rights Revisited: The Use and Abuse of Crusader Privileges in Early Thirteenth-Century France
—Jessalynn Bird
Chapter 11: Learned Opinion and Royal Justice: The Role of Paris Masters of Theology During the Reign of Philip the Fair
—William J. Courtenay
Chapter 12: Coin and Punishment in Medieval Venice
—Alan M. Stahl
PART IV: LAW BEYOND THE LAW
Chapter 13: Licit and Illicit in the Rhetoric of the Investiture Conflict
—Alex Novikoff
Chapter 14: Satisfying the Laws: The Legenda of Maria of Venice
—Susan Mosher Stuard
Chapter 15: Canon Law and Chaucer on Licit and Illicit Magic
—Henry Ansgar Kelly
Chapter 16: Law and Science: Constructing a Border Between Licit and Illicit Knowledge in the Writings of Nicole Oresme
—Joel Kaye
List of Abbreviations
Notes
List of Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments