RT Book
T1 Canon law, careers and conquest: Episcopal elections in Normandy and Greater Anjou, c.1140-c.1230
T2 Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought
A1 Peltzer, Jörg Henning
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2008
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/883354896
AB This book is 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 JoÌrg 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.
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN BV664
SN 9780511496585
K1 Catholic Church : Bishops : Appointment, call, and election : History
K1 Catholic Church
K1 Catholic Church ; Bishops ; Appointment, call, and election ; History
K1 Anjou (France) ; Church history
K1 Normandy (France) ; Church history
K1 Anjou (France) : Church history.
K1 Normandy (France) : Church history.
K1 Normandy (France) : Church history
K1 Anjou (France) : Church history
DO 10.1017/CBO9780511496585