Title
Vengeance and the Law in Eleventh-Century Worms: Burchard and the canon law of feuds
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2006
Publication Title
Medieval Church Law and the Origins of the Western Legal Tradition: a tribute to Kenneth Pennington
Department
Religion
Abstract
Dedicated to medieval canon law expert Kenneth Pennington, this work discusses the contribution of medieval church law to the origins of the western legal tradition. Subdivided into four topical categories, these essays cover the entire range of the history of medieval canon law from the sixth to the sixteenth century.
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Citation
“Vengeance and the Law in Eleventh-Century Worms: Burchard and the canon law of feuds,” in Medieval Church Law and the Origins of the Western Legal Tradition: a tribute to Kenneth Pennington, ed. Wolfgang Müller and Mary Sommar (Washington DC, 2006), 66-76.