{"title":"Series: Variorum Collected Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eVariorum Collected Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e series offers a diverse selection of works that span a wide range of disciplines, from \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy and Psychology\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eFinance and Investment\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as \u003cem\u003eComputing and Technology\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHistory and Military\u003c\/em\u003e. Readers can expect thoughtful, in-depth explorations that challenge conventional perspectives and provide insightful analysis across various fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection caters to curious minds seeking to deepen their understanding through expertly curated studies. 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In other collections of essays, Stephan Kuttner dealt with the development of canon law in the two centuries that followed the publication of Gratian's \u003cem\u003eDecretum\u003c\/em\u003e, and the ideas that this engendered; here he is concerned with the foundations upon which all these later efforts were based.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe work of Gratian is, of course, the principal focus, but the studies then follow the spread of the teaching of law, from its inception at Bologna in the 1140s to its appearance soon after in other centres of learning in the West, especially in France, in the Anglo-Norman schools, and in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a quarter of the volume consisting of additional notes and extensive indexes, it makes a contribution of the greatest importance to the historical study of canon law.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor this second edition, a new section of additional notes has been supplied, and the volume is introduced with an essay by Peter Landau; these take account of the important recent work on Gratian and the \u003cem\u003eDecretum\u003c\/em\u003e and chart the significance of Stephan Kuttner's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605960311020,"sku":"9780860784081","price":341.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780860784081-gratian-and-the-schools-of-law-1140-1234.jpg?v=1778143411"},{"product_id":"revisiting-the-music-of-medieval-france-by-manuel-pedro-ferreira-9781138375895","title":"Revisiting the Music of Medieval France","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book presents together a number of path-breaking essays on different aspects of medieval music in France written by Manuel Pedro Ferreira, who is well known for his work on the medieval cantigas and Iberian liturgical sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first essay is a tour-de-force of detective work: an odd E-flat in two 16th-century antiphoners leads to the identification of a Gregorian responsory as a Gallican version of a seventh-century Hispanic melody. The second rediscovers a long-forgotten hypothesis concerning the microtonal character of some French 11th-century neumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the paper \"Is it polyphony?\" an even riskier hypothesis is arrived at: Do the origins of Aquitanian free organum lie on the instrumental accompaniment of newly composed devotional versus?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Cistercian attitude towards polyphonic singing, mirrored in musical sources kept in peripheral nunneries, is the subject of the following essay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe intellectual and sociological nature of the Parisian motet is the central concern of the following two essays, which, after a survey of concepts of temporality in the trouvère and polyphonic repertories, establish it as the conceptual foundation of subsequent European schools of composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is possible then to assess the real originality of Philippe de Vitry and his \u003cem\u003eArs nova\u003c\/em\u003e, which is dealt with in the following chapter. 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