Medievalists.net » Decretum http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Bernard Ayglier and William of Pagula: Two Approaches To Monastic Law http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/10/bernard-ayglier-and-william-of-pagula-two-approaches-to-monastic-law/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/10/bernard-ayglier-and-william-of-pagula-two-approaches-to-monastic-law/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:59:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36376 The paper examines the role of canon law in two monastic works, the Speculum monachorum (SM) (1272x74) of Bernard Ayglier (d.1282), abbot of Montecassino, and the Speculum religiosorum (SR) (c.1322) of William of Pagula, a canonist and secular priest (d.1332)

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/10/bernard-ayglier-and-william-of-pagula-two-approaches-to-monastic-law/feed/ 0 The Place of the Papacy in the Ecclesial Piety of the 11th-century Reformers http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/08/the-place-of-the-papacy-in-the-ecclesial-piety-of-the-11th-century-reformers/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/08/the-place-of-the-papacy-in-the-ecclesial-piety-of-the-11th-century-reformers/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:42:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29120 In the tenth century, it was still the Ecclesia rather than the pope which constituted the fundamental reality. The men of the Gregorian reform, in contrast, saw the Church as dependent upon the pope and derived in some way from papal power.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/08/the-place-of-the-papacy-in-the-ecclesial-piety-of-the-11th-century-reformers/feed/ 0 Making and Using the Law in the North, c. 900-1350 http://www.medievalists.net/2008/10/18/making-and-using-the-law-in-the-north-c-900-1350/ http://www.medievalists.net/2008/10/18/making-and-using-the-law-in-the-north-c-900-1350/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:48:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=456 It is clear that medieval Nordic law was transmitted orally long before it was written down. The Icelandic Free State law-book known as the Grágás, for example, specifically addresses its audience, reminding them that “tomorrow we go to the law mountain” Various other stylistic traits indicate previous oral transmission.

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