Creating and Sharing Legal Knowledge in the Twelfth Century

Stephan Dusil, Dr. iur. (Frankfurt, 2005), is Professor at Eberhard Karls Universität, Tübingen. He has published on different aspects of medieval history, including a book on the history of canon law: Wissensordnungen des Rechts im Wandel. Päpstlicher Jurisdiktionsprimat und Zölibat zwischen 1000 und 1215 (Leuven, 2018). Andreas Thier, Dr. iur. (Munich, 1997), is Professor at the University of Zurich. He has published on the evolution of legal knowledge since late Antiquity, including "Semantiken des Alten, des Neuen und des Modernen im gelehrten kanonischen Recht" (ZRG KA, 2020).

Preface


List of Figures


Abbreviations


Contributors1





Part 1: Introducing the Debate


1 Exploring the Evolution of Legal Knowledge in the Middle Ages: The Manuscript Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 673 as Challenge and Chance


 Andreas Thier





Part 2: The Origin of Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 673


2 The Codicology, the Palaeography, and the Glossing of Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibiothek, 673 (Sg)


 Philipp Lenz





Part 3: Creating Legal Knowledge


3 The Formation of Marriage according to the Sg-Codex = Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 673, 166–169


 Enrique de León





4 The Uniqueness of Prima Causa in Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 673


 Melodie H. Eichbauer





5 ‘aliis in carceribus et latumiis reclusis’, ‘aliis carcere et ergastulo reclusis’: Special Language Features in the Exserpta ex decretis sanctorum patrum and Their Interpretation


 Titus Lenherr





6 A Miracle Story Allegedly in decretis Bonifacii pape


 John C. Wei





Part 4: Sharing Legal Knowledge


7 Nota: What the Scribes of Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 673 Found Noteworthy in Gratian’s Decretum


 Atria A. Larson





8 Teaching Canon Law in the Early Twelfth Century: The Evidence of Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 673


 Kenneth Pennington





9 The Exserpta in the Origins of the Science of Canon Law


 José Miguel Viejo-Ximénez





Part 5: Sg in Its Context


10 Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 673 in Context: Twelfth-Century Transformations and Abbreviations of Gratian’s Decretum


 Anders Winroth





Part 6: Summarizing Observations


11 Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek 673: a Copy of Gratian’s Decretum at the Beginning of Decretistic Teaching. Fresh Perspectives, New Insights, and Open Questions


 Stephan Dusil





Bibliography


Index