Law as Profession and Practice in Medieval Europe

Download or read book Law as Profession and Practice in Medieval Europe written by Kenneth Pennington and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a set of papers by international scholars, distinguished in their own right, in honor of James Brundage. Each contribution corresponds to an important focus of Brundage's own work. The connection between the development of medieval legal thought and constitutional ideas is the theme that marks the first section, while the second centres on the growth of the legal profession. The following papers explore the intersection of law and marriage and finally the influence of legal thinking on the crusading movement.