Canon Law, Careers and Conquest: Episcopal Elections in Normandy and Greater Anjou, c.1140–c.1230

by Jörg Peltzer

• ISBN13: 9780521880626
• ISBN10: 0521880629
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-29
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Summary

A study of the politics of episcopal elections in twelfth and thirteenth-century Normandy and Greater Anjou. This was a crucial period in the development of canon law and Jörg Peltzer offers the first analysis to bring together legal theory and practice, local custom, and politics. He explores the development of electoral theories and examines each election in context, offering insights into the varying balance of royal, papal and regional baronial power and the various career paths leading to an episcopal see. He shows how different systems of patronage worked, to what extent they were vehicles of social mobility, and how aristocratic families were structured. By comparing electoral practices in Normandy and Greater Anjou before and after the Capetian conquest the book significantly enhances our understanding of the theory and practice of canon law, local politics in Normandy and Anjou, and the high politics at the Capetian and Angevin courts.

Table of Contents

List of maps	p. ix
List of tables	p. x
Preface	p. xi
Editorial note	p. xiii
List of abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Electoral Theory	p. 20
Electoral Practice: Normandy	p. 73
Electoral Practice: Greater Anjou	p. 170
The Episcopacy in Normandy and Greater Anjou	p. 211
The Impact of the Capetian Conquest of 1204/6	p. 238
Conclusion	p. 253
Appendices
The episcopacy of Normandy and Greater Anjou, c. 1140-c. 1230	p. 259
The date of Causa super controversia	p. 264
Bibliography	p. 265
Index	p. 301
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