Laurentius hispanus. Status questionis

Our current law, both civil and canonical, has it's ultimate roots in the Roman law and in the Decretals of the Popes promulgated throughout the first millenium. As from eleveneth, twelfth and thirteenth centuries with the rediscovery of the collections in which both laws were preserved, legal...

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Main Author: Fernández Cadavid, José Luis (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:Spanish
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Published: 2015
In: Revista española de derecho canónico
Year: 2015, Volume: 72, Issue: 179, Pages: 395-455
IxTheo Classification:SB Catholic Church law
Further subjects:B Bishop
B Laurentius Hispanus (1180-1248)
B Biography
B Middle Ages
B Canonist
B Spain
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Summary:Our current law, both civil and canonical, has it's ultimate roots in the Roman law and in the Decretals of the Popes promulgated throughout the first millenium. As from eleveneth, twelfth and thirteenth centuries with the rediscovery of the collections in which both laws were preserved, legal minds unndertook the task of collecting and commenting them, which has constituted the basis of the legal thinking of virtually and next thousand years. One of the most famous and most profilic writers of this era was Laurentius Hispanus. Hailed in his time and short after, he was ignored for far too long, until authors especially from Northern Europe came into contact with his writings, identified his works and revealed to us the profile of the one who once was called regula iuris. This article sets out to present his biography and the state of advancement of the studies regarding his trascendental work
ISSN:0034-9372
Contains:In: Revista española de derecho canónico