History of Medieval Canon Law

Eleven volumes will complete the new History of Medieval Canon Law, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Gerda Henkel Stiftung, the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, the Werner Reimers Stiftung, Syracuse University, and The Catholic University of America. The following is a list of published and projected volumes.

During the summer of 1998, Wilfried Hartmann and Gerd Schmitz spent several weeks working on the project.  For a report on their activities, Click here.
 
 

Volume 1:

Lotte Kéry, Canonical Collections of the Early Middle Ages (ca. 400-1140): A Bibliographical Guide to the Manuscripts and Literature. History of Medieval Canon Law. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University Press of America, 1999.

Volume 2:

Detlev Jasper and Horst Fuhrmann,  Papal Letters in the Early Middle Ages. History of Medieval Canon Law. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University Press of America, 2001.

Volume 3:

The History of Canon Law in the Classical Period, 1140‑1234: From Gratian to the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX (History of Medieval Canon Law; Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2008)

Volume 4 in Press:

The History of Byzantine and Eastern Canon Law to 1500,  (The History of Medieval Canon Law; Washington, DC Late 2011 or early 2012)

Other Projected Volumes

The History of Western Canon Law to 1000

PART I Local Synods and Collections in the West

1. Africa by Jane E. Merdinger 2. Gaul and Italy by Wilfried Hartmann 3. Visigothic Canon Law by Antonio García y García 4. Merovingian Gaul by Isolde Schröder 5. Carolingian Synods by Wilfried Hartmann 6. Capitula episcoporum by Rudolf Pokorny 7. Ireland and England by Martin Brett 8. Penitentials by Raymund Kottje

PART II Secular Law

9. Roman Law in Early Canon Law by Harald Siems 10. Capitularies by Hubert Mordek 11. Ansegis and Benedictus Levita by Gerhard Schmitz

PART III Chronological Collections

12. Canonical Collections from the Sixth to the Eighth Century by Roger Reynolds 13. Dionysio-Hadriana by Roger Reynolds 14. The Hispana and its Precursors by Antonio García y García

PART IV Systematic Collections

15. Cresconius and Ferrandus by Hubert Mordek 16. Vetus Gallica by Hubert Mordek 17. Collectio Hibernensis by Roger Reynolds 18. Dacheriana and Others by Hubert Mordek 19. Collectio Anselmo dedicata by Roger Reynolds 20. Regino of Prüm by Rudolf Pokorny 21. Smaller Collections of the Tenth Century by Rudolf Pokorny 22. Collection in 12 Parts and Others by Jörg Müller 23. Burchard of Worms and his Influence by Rudolf Pokorny 24. Southern and Central Italian Collections before the Reform by Roger Reynolds

The History of Canon Law in the Age of Reform, 1000-1140

1. The Reform of Church and Law by Uta-Renate Blumenthal 2. The Beginnings of the Reform Collections by Uta-Renate Blumenthal 3. Church Councils and their Influence to the First Lateran Council by Robert Somerville 4. Local Synods by Martin Brett 5. Papal Decretal Legislation and its Influence on Canon Law by Uta-Renate Blumenthal 6. The Canonical Collections of the Reform Period (from Anselm of Lucca to Polycarpus) by Peter Landau

The History of Medieval Canon Law 1234-1300

1. Papal Legislation 1234-1294 by Martin Bertram 2. Canonical Collections from the Liber Sextus to the Extravagantes communes by Tilmann Schmidt 3. The Literature of Canon Law 1234-1300 by Martin Bertram

The History of Courts and Procedure in Medieval Canon Law

Volume 1:  The Papal Curia, Judicial Procedure and Practice in the Medieval Church, 1100-1500
        (2005)

1. Introduction by Kenneth Pennington  2. The Practice of Canon Law by James A. Brundage  3. Criminal Procedure by Richard Fraher  4. Judicial Ordines by Linda Fowler-Magerl   5. The Roman Curia by Brigide Schwarz  6. Judges Delegate by Charles Duggan  8.  Internal Forum by Joseph Goering

Volume 2:  The Structure and Practice of the Courts

1.  Introduction to the Courts by Charles Donahue  2. Italy and the Rota by Gero Dolezalek 3. France by Charles Donahue 4. England by Richard Helmholz 5. Spain by Antonio García y García 6. Eastern Europe by Péter Erdö  7. Scandinavia by Frederick Pedersen

Doctrines of Canon Law 1100-1298

1. Sources of Law by John Van Engen 2. Political Ideas by Kenneth Pennington 3. Structure of Law (Civil, Criminal, Procedure) by Charles Donahue 4. Persons by Anne Lefebvre 5. Sacraments by Joseph Goering 6. Property by Kenneth Pennington 7. Obligations by Herbert Kalb 8. Crimes by Richard Fraher

The History of Medieval Canon Law in the Late Middle Ages