{"title":"Stephan Kuttner","description":"\u003cp\u003eStephan Kuttner’s works provide a profound exploration of legal history, with a particular focus on the development of medieval canon law and its educational contexts. Readers will find detailed studies that illuminate the intricate relationship between law, scholarship, and society in the Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis scholarly approach blends rigorous analysis with historical narrative, making these texts essential for those interested in the evolution of legal systems and the intellectual traditions that shaped European education and reference.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"gratian-and-the-schools-of-law-1140-1234-by-stephan-kuttner-9780860784081","title":"Gratian and the Schools of Law, 1140-1234","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollected Studies CS1071\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe central figure in this volume is that of Gratian, whose monumental compilation of canon law sparked off the revival of legal studies in the medieval West. 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"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/stephan-kuttner.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}