Demystifying Medieval Canon Law – Rowan Dorin
29-30 April 2024 – Research Seminar
The Giuseppe Alberigo European School for Advanced Religious Studies is organizing a new research seminar that will take place at the Dossetty Library, via S. Vitale 114 – 40125 Bologna, on 29 April 2024, h 9.00 am-5.00 pm, and 30 April 2024, h 9.00 am-1.00 pm: Demystifying Medieval Canon Law. A Hands-on Introduction to the Sources, by Rowan Dorin (Stanford University).
The importance of canon law in medieval Europe is well known: from the rules of judicial procedure to disputes over property rights (and of course, the interactions between Christians and their Jewish and Muslim neighbors), few aspects of daily life were left untouched by this legal tradition. Yet given the unwieldy size of the most important collections, the use of stylized Latin vocabulary, and the seemingly impenetrable system of abbreviations, the sources of medieval canon law can appear forbidding to newcomers. Merely trying to follow up a passing legal reference in a medieval text or modern footnote can seem an impossible task, let alone plunging into the legal texts themselves.
This three-part workshop is designed to equip students and scholars with the tools necessary to navigate the principal sources of the canon law tradition as it developed during the Middle Ages.
Free entry
For info: altascuola@fscire.it
