| Law and Theology in Twelfth-Century England: The Works of Master Vacarius (C. 1115/20 - C. 1200) Contributor(s): Taliadoros, Jason (Author) |
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ISBN: 250351782X ISBN-13: 9782503517827 Publisher: Brepols Publishers OUR PRICE: $84.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2007 Annotation: This book explores the legal and theological thought of Master Vacarius (c.1115/20-c.1200), the renowned twelfth-century jurist. It focuses on this Italian master's four works, composed in the second half of the twelfth century, which deal with the resolution of conflict in law and theology. Vacarius is a paradox for scholars. They have found it difficult to reconcile his role as a legal teacher with his 'extra-legal' works on marriage, Christology and heretical theology. This study accounts for this paradox by exploring these three extra-legal treatises in light of Vacarius' legal textbook. The author argues that Vacarius applies the legal method of the ius commune (European common law) to theological and sacramental debates. In this way, Vacarius represents a trend in medieval intellectual history, particular to the twelfth-century renaissance, the hermeneutic of the 'lawyer-theologian'. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Law | Legal History - Religion | Christian Theology - History |
| Dewey: 270.092 |
| Series: Disputatio |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.5" W x 9.5" (1.60 lbs) 321 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Christian - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the legal and theological thought of Master Vacarius (c.1115/20 - c.1200), the renowned twelfth-century jurist. It focuses on this Italian master's four works, composed in the second half of the twelfth century, which deal with the resolution of conflict in law and theology. Vacarius is a paradox for scholars. They have found it difficult to reconcile his role as a legal teacher, notably through his textbook the Liber pauperum ('Book of the Poor'), which established a school of Roman law at Oxford, with his 'extra-legal' works on marriage, Christology and heretical theology. This study accounts for this paradox by exploring these three extra-legal treatises, composed in the 1160s and 1170s, in light of Vacarius' legal textbook. The author argues that Vacarius applies the legal method of the ius commune (European common law) to theological and sacramental debates. In this way, Vacarius represents a trend in medieval intellectual history, particular to the twelfth-century renaissance, which has been little appreciated to date - the hermeneutic of the 'lawyer-theologian'. |