An Impugned Chirograph, and the Juristic Culture of early 13th century Zamora

Authors

  • Peter Linehan St. John's College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/aem.2009.v39.i1.99

Keywords:

Bishops and Chapter of Zamora, Canon law, Juristic and University culture, Kingdom of Portugal

Abstract


Because so soon after it was overtaken by the School of Salamanca, historians have neglected the importance of the Chapter of nearby Zamora in the legal development of early thirtheenth century Spain. In the light of the ambivalent significance of Zamora’s proximity to the kingdom of Portugal in a period of political tension with the papacy, and the role of Zamora’s man at the papal curia, Cardinal Gil Torres, the present study attempts to view that development in terms of its own time, making use of the material evidence in the Vatican and peninsular archives of Zamora’s juristic activity, the level of juristic sophistication revealed by a routine case involving local clergy and laity, and the calculations of the contemporary rulers of León.

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Published

2009-06-30

How to Cite

Linehan, P. (2009). An Impugned Chirograph, and the Juristic Culture of early 13th century Zamora. Anuario De Estudios Medievales, 39(1), 127–176. https://doi.org/10.3989/aem.2009.v39.i1.99

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Miscelaneous Studies

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