The History of Byzantine and Eastern Canon Law to 1500 (History of Medieval Canon Law)
by Wilfried Hartman
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages544 pages
ISBN
9780813216799
Published
2012
Description
Provides a comprehensive scholarly history of canon law in the Byzantine Empire and Eastern Christian churches from the early centuries of Christianity through the year 1500. The volume examines the development of eccles...Provides a comprehensive scholarly history of canon law in the Byzantine Empire and Eastern Christian churches from the early centuries of Christianity through the year 1500. The volume examines the development of ecclesiastical legislation, church councils, legal collections, imperial influence, and the interaction between civil and religious law within Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Christian traditions. As part of the History of Medieval Canon Law series, it serves as a major reference work for scholars of legal history, church history, Byzantine studies, and medieval Christianity.
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