John Gilchrist
Ashgate Variorum
Hardback
336
1993
These articles reflect a common interest in the relationships between canon law and ecclesiastical reform in the 11th and 12th centuries. The specific purpose of many is to investigate the particular contribution made by two key figures Humbert cardinal bishop of Silva Candida and pope Gregory VII after whom the reform movement is often named. Professor Gilchrist questions whether the reform was really as ?papacy-centred? as has been thought he would rather speak of a tradition of reform and argues that the legal texts often anonymous or of doubtful attribution can better be seen as expressions of ideas held by a larger group. In addition the developing notion of the rule of law he suggests was of at least equal importance to the idea of reform.
Ashgate Variorum
Hardback
336
1993
These articles reflect a common interest in the relationships between canon law and ecclesiastical reform in the 11th and 12th centuries. The specific purpose of many is to investigate the particular contribution made by two key figures Humbert cardinal bishop of Silva Candida and pope Gregory VII after whom the reform movement is often named. Professor Gilchrist questions whether the reform was really as ?papacy-centred? as has been thought he would rather speak of a tradition of reform and argues that the legal texts often anonymous or of doubtful attribution can better be seen as expressions of ideas held by a larger group. In addition the developing notion of the rule of law he suggests was of at least equal importance to the idea of reform.