CANONICAL COLLECTIONS AND THE SYSTEMATIZATION OF MEDIEVAL CANON LAW IN THE LATIN WEST. FROM LATE ANTIQUITY TO THE DECRETALS OF GREGORY IX
CANONICAL COLLECTIONS AND THE SYSTEMATIZATION OF MEDIEVAL CANON LAW IN THE LATIN WEST. FROM LATE ANTIQUITY TO THE DECRETALS OF GREGORY IX

Summary/Abstract: This article examines the formation and systematization of medieval canon law in the Latin West between Late Antiquity and the thirteenth century. It analyses the transmission of Roman legal traditions, the role of pre-Gratian canonical collections, and the emergence of episcopal and monastic centres as spaces of legal compilation. Particular attention is given to Gratian’s Decretum, the work of decretists and decretalists, and the gradual consolidation of papal decretal collections. The study argues that medieval canon law developed through compilation, interpretation, and juridical harmonisation, culminating in the Liber Extra of Gregory IX.

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