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Byzantine religious law in medieval Italy /

"This book is a historical study of these manuscripts, exploring how and why the Greek Christians of medieval southern Italy persisted in using them so long after the end of Byzantine rule. Southern Italy was conquered by the Norman Hauteville dynasty in the late eleventh century after over 500...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morton, James (Historian) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford studies in Byzantium.
Subjects:
Law > Italy > History > To 1500.
Law, Byzantine > History.
Ecclesiastical law > Italy > History > To 1500.
Droit byzantin > Histoire.
Europe.
HISTORY.
Law, Byzantine
Law
Canon law > Orthodox Eastern Church
Nomocanon
Italy
Southern Italy
To 1500
Electronic books.
Church history
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • I. Sources and context: Introducing the Byzantine nomocanon
  • Greek Christianity in Medieval Italy
  • Patterns of source survival
  • II. Byzantine canon law in the Norman Kingdom: The Byzantine background
  • Monastic nomocanons I: The monastic archipelago
  • Monastic nomocanons II: Style, content, and influences
  • The secular church and the laity
  • III. From legal to cultural authority: The papacy takes charge
  • The Salentine group
  • TÌ€hey do it like this in Romania
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1. Manuscript descriptions
  • Appendix 2. Statistical overview
  • Appendix 3. Uncertain and disputed manuscripts.