In Order in the Court, Brasington translates and comments upon the earliest medieval treatises on ecclesiastical legal procedure. Beginning with the eleventh-ce

First full-length study and edition of the acts of the Court of Arches, the most important medieval English ecclesiastical court.

By the end of the thirteenth century, court procedure in continental Europe in secular and ecclesiastical courts shared many characteristics. As the academic ju

It is impossible to understand how the medieval church functioned and, in turn, influenced the lay world within its care without understanding "canon law". This

Firmly rooted on Roman and canon law, Italian legal culture has had an impressive influence on the civil law tradition from the Middle Ages to present day, and