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Atria Larson

Saint Louis University, Theological Studies and Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Faculty Member

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I am a scholar of the Christian tradition in the High Middle Ages, with expertise in penance; canon law (Decretum Gratiani, papal decretals); early scholastic thought, methodology, pedagogy, and genres; and Latin text editing and translation. Trained as an interdisciplinary medievalist, my interests focus on matters of pastoral care, looked at in a holistic way. I approach penance, for instance, from the angles of theology (soteriology, sacramentology), canon law and the institutional structures of the medieval church, the religious experience of medieval Christians, secular parallels in rituals of reconciliation and pardons, and pastoral care for the souls of the faithful. I am also very interested in the ways in which theological argumentation and biblical exegesis influenced the earlier medieval canonical tradition and the way in which Roman law, canon law, and theology both developed as separate disciplines and influenced one another and the intellectual and legal culture of Christendom in the later medieval period.

My monograph, 'Master of Penance: Gratian and the Development of Penitential Thought and Law in the Twelfth Century', won a 2015 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise. My edition and translation of Gratian's 'De penitentia' is also now available. Both volumes are published by Catholic University of America Press. See also Brill's 'A Companion to the Medieval Papacy: Growth of an Ideology and Institution', co-edited by me with Keith Sisson.

Along with my colleague, Steven Schoenig, S.J., I am happy to welcome the XVIth International Congress of Medieval Canon Law to Saint Louis University in summer 2020.
Supervisors: Ken Pennington, Catholic University of America

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Johannes de Deo’s Liber Poenitentiarius and the State of Kanonistik in the Mid-Thirteenth Century

Rivista internazionale di diritto comune , 2020

A Portuguese secular priest, doctor decretorum in Bologna, and prolific author of canon law texts... more A Portuguese secular priest, doctor decretorum in Bologna, and prolific author of canon law texts, Johannes de Deo wrote a successful Liber poenitentiarius in 1247. This essay reviews the scholarship on this under-studied figure in the history of canon law, provides a summary of his Liber poenitentiarius, and analyzes one section, treating the conditions of a genuine confession, that helps contextualize Johannes’s work. It argues that Johannes was a successful synthesizer of the canons who practiced consistent methods in the discipline of canon law and remained conversant in larger discussions across Latin Christendom in the thirteenth century.

Gratian, Original Sin, and the Sins of the Fathers: A Question of Sources and the Influence of the School of Laon

Bulletin of Medieval Canon Law, 2019

This essay examines Gratian's treatment of original sin in connection to the question of whether ... more This essay examines Gratian's treatment of original sin in connection to the question of whether children can be punished 'for the sins of the fathers', a question of serious canonistic import in consideration of scenarios where a parent might face ecclesiastical discipline to the point of excommunication, and it is a matter of justice to determine whether or to what extent children should bear the weight of the penalty imposed on parents. Medieval thinkers addressed this question in relationship to key biblical passages of the Old Testament, and the theological treatment of the question was sometimes also related to discussions of original sin, the Christian doctrine that all humans attained the stain of guilt through the sin of their common ancestor, Adam. As in other of my publications, I point to evidence for Gratian's familiarity with, and participation in, discussions and literature of the school of Laon, including the biblical glosses that would develop into the Glossa ordinaria.

Papal Councils and the Development of Lay Penance in the Long Twelfth Century

Cristianesimo nella Storia 39, pp. 323-69, 2018

A handful of papal conciliar canons from the years 1078 to 1139 speak against false penance and e... more A handful of papal conciliar canons from the years 1078 to 1139 speak against false penance and encourage true penance. These canons disappear in the second half of the twelfth century and are replaced by a radically different decree in Omnis utriusque, c.21 of the Fourth Lateran Council (1215). This essay studies this conciliar material, attempts to understand what the decrees were commanding, situates them within the historical development of public and other forms of penance, and then attempts to explain why they disappeared from papal councils and why Lateran IV’s decree on penance was so different. The historical development is presented with particular focus on issues of lay penance, set against the backdrop of lay religious movements of the period and academic (theological and canonistic) reflection upon the nature of penance, especially within Gratian’s Decretum and his De penitentia. The essay traces two lines of development of lay penance into the early thirteenth century, one finding ecclesiastical confirmation in Omnis utriusque and the other in a papally-approved Rule for the ordo penitentium.

From Protections for 'miserabiles personae' to Legal Privileges for International Travelers: The Historical Development of the Medieval Canon Law Regarding Pilgrims

GLOSSAE: European Journal of Legal History, 2019

Religious pilgrims of the Middle Ages enjoyed certain protections. Protection of person and prope... more Religious pilgrims of the Middle Ages enjoyed certain protections. Protection of person and property, access to hospitality, and protections against fiscal abuse, such as extra tolls, remained constant and were well-established within cultural assumptions about the special status of pilgrims. Nevertheless, historical development did take place in canon law regulations regarding pilgrims. The Carolingian period emphasized the personal pastoral responsibility of priests to give hospitality; meanwhile pilgrims were most often grouped with 'miserabiles personae' such as widows, orphans, and 'pauperes'. It also stressed protection of person. In a changing socio-economic and institutional landscape, the high Middle Ages began to associate pilgrims with groups such as merchants. Protection of property at one’s home was more clearly established, along with other legal privileges. Pilgrims also gained more specific spiritual privileges, such as being able to confess during an interdict. In general, the legal regulations regarding pilgrims and the canonistic jurisprudence about them became more specific and technically defined in the later period, especially in light of Roman law jurisprudence, more advanced legal procedures, and new institutions such as religious orders devoted to offering hospitality to pilgrims.

Historic evolution, current situation and unsolved questions 4th International Conference Migrants and refugees in the Law Monastery of Los Jerónimos. Murcia (Spain

by Vergentis. Revista de Investigación de la Cátedra Internacional Inocencio III, Javier Belda Iniesta, PhD., Alessandro Barbero, Atria Larson, Claudia Storti, and Octavian Gabor

4th International Conference - Programme Migrants and Refugees in the Law Historic evolution, cu... more

"Archiepiscopal and Papal Involvement in Episcopal Elections: The Origins and Reception of Lateran IV cc.23-24 from the Third Lateran Council to the Liber Sextus," Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte, Kanonistische Abteilung 102 (2016): 73-98.

Constitutions 23 and 24 of the Fourth Lateran Council dealt with episcopal elections, providing t... more Constitutions 23 and 24 of the Fourth Lateran Council dealt with episcopal elections, providing the proper timeframe and three possible electoral procedures, respectively. Although the former stipulated that an electoral body’s proximate superior was to gain the 'potestas eligendi' and thus make an appointment if the electoral body failed to elect within the specified three months, the latter constitution was far less explicit about to whom the power to elect devolved if an electoral body did not follow proper procedure. The former constitution also failed to identify clearly which office constituted the “proximate superior.” Both constitutions were based in some sense on recent conciliar decrees (from the Third Lateran Council) or pre-1215 decretals issued from Innocent III’s curia. Since both constitutions lacked certain points of legal precision, several more decretals and conciliar decrees were needed in the thirteenth century before it was fully and clearly decided when the power to elect devolved to the metropolitan and when it devolved to the pope. A constitution by Boniface VIII in the Liber Sextus finally resolved the matter. This essay traces this development.

Killing a Career: Homicide and the Development of Medieval Clerical Discipline

Appeared in The Jurist 74:2 (2014) 265-88. (c) 2014 The Catholic University of America Press. Tra... more

Gratian's De penitentia in Twelfth-Century Manuscripts

Appeared in _The Bulletin of Medieval Canon Law_ 31 (2014): 57-110. This essay contains my detail... more Appeared in _The Bulletin of Medieval Canon Law_ 31 (2014): 57-110. This essay contains my detailed and technical reflections on the seven manuscripts I used for my new edition of Gratian's _De penitentia_ (due out from CUA Press in July 2016). It also suggests a new nomenclature for the recensions of Gratian's text (R1 and R2, with stages on the way to a finalized R2 designated as R2a, R2b, etc.).

Ein unbeachtetes Zeugnis zum dritten Laterankonzil: Bernardo Maragones Annales Pisani

by Richard Engl and Atria Larson

Zeitschrift Der Savigny Stiftung Fur Rechtsgeschichte Kanonistische Abteilung, 2011

THE INFLUENCE OF THE SCHOOL OF LAON ON GRATIAN: THE USAGE OF THE GLOSSA ORDINARIA AND ANSELMIAN SENTENTIAE IN DE PENITENTIA (DECRETUM C.33 Q.3)

Mediaeval Studies, 2010

This article studies the evidence of Gratian's usage of material and methods from the school of L... more This article studies the evidence of Gratian's usage of material and methods from the school of Laon in his treatise on penance. Particular attention is paid to usage from the Glossa ordinaria on the Bible, a somewhat shocking phenomenon given Gratian's place and years of work (central Italy, 1130s), as well as his usage of sentences attributed to Anselm of Laon. It argues that, at the very least in a broad sense, Gratian can be counted as a member of the school of Laon. Furthermore, his usage of this material explains the similarities of content and methodology between Gratian's work and that of intellectual figures of northwestern France (e.g. Peter Abelard) when there is no evidence of direct knowledge by Gratian of them or their works.

Early Stages of Gratian's Decretum and the Second Lateran Council: A Reconsideration

Considers the supposed reference to the Lateran Council of 1139 in R1 of Gratian's Decretum and a... more

The Reception of Gratian's Tractatus de penitentia and the Relationship Between Law and Theology in the Second Half of the Twelfth Century

Appeared in special issue on law and theology in the Journal of Religious History 37:4 (2013): 45... more

Transcription of Munich Abbreviatio

Appendix to essay on abbreviation of R1 Decretum in Munich, BSB lat. 22272.

An Abbreviatio of the First Recension of Gratian's Decretum in Munich?

Analyzes a shortened text of the Decretum preserved in Clm 22272. Essay appeared in The Bulletin ... more

Periodicals by Atria Larson

by Oleg Dushin, Vesa Hirvonen, and Atria Larson

Очередной выпуск альманаха “VERBUM” Центра изучения средневековой куль-туры при кафедре истории ф... more Очередной выпуск альманаха “VERBUM” Центра изучения средневековой куль-туры при кафедре истории философии Санкт-Петербургского государственного универ-ситета представляет материалы международного семинара «Исповедь и покаяние: у исто-ков формирования самосознания европейского индивида», состоявшегося 20-21 ноября 2015 года. В его работе приняли участие специалисты из разных областей гуманитарных наук (богословия, философии, истории) из Германии, России, США и Финляндии. До-клады, озвученные в ходе прошедшего мероприятия, обозначили достаточно широкий спектр методологических подходов и разнообразие интерпретаций содержательных про-блем истории исповедальных практик европейской культуры.
Кроме того, в данный сборник вошли традиционные разделы, посвященные иссле-дованиям в сфере классической филологии, рецензиям примечательных научных моно-графий по средневековой философии и культуре. В нем также представлены статьи, от-ражающие материалы докладов, прочитанных в рамках циклов научно-теоретических се-минаров 2014-2015 годов, проводимых Центром изучения средневековой культуры при сотрудничестве с Александринским семинаром, семинаром «Актуальные проблемы фи-лософии науки и техники», Санкт-Петербургским обществом Мартина Лютера и Санкт-Петербургским обществом классической немецкой философии.

Books by Atria Larson

by VERBUM альманах Центра изучения средневековой культуры, Иван Кузин, Alexander Klestov, Atria Larson, and Grushevoy Alexandr Gavrilovich

Очередной выпуск альманаха “VERBUM” Центра изучения средневековой культуры при кафедре и... more Очередной выпуск альманаха “VERBUM” Центра изучения средневековой культуры при кафедре истории философии Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета представляет материалы международного семинара «Исповедь и покаяние: у истоков формирования самосознания европейского индивида», состоявшегося 20–21 ноября 2015 года. В его работе приняли
участие специалисты из разных областей гуманитарных наук (богословия, философии, истории) из Германии, России, США и Финляндии. Доклады, озвученные в ходе прошедшего мероприятия, обозначили достаточно широкий спектр методологических подходов и разнообразие интерпретаций содержательных проблем истории исповедальных практик европейской культуры. Кроме того, в данный сборник вошли традиционные разделы, посвященные исследованиям в сфере классической филологии, рецензиям примечательных научных монографий по средневековой философии и культуре. В нем также представлены статьи, отражающие материалы докладов, прочитанных в рамках
циклов научно-теоретических семинаров 2014–2015 годов, проводимых Центром изучения средневековой культуры при сотрудничестве с Александринским семинаром, семинаром «Актуальные проблемы философии науки и техники», Санкт-Петербургским обществом Мартина Лютера и Санкт-Петербургским обществом классической немецкой
философии.

Book Reviews by Atria Larson

Sin, Interiority, and Selfhood in the Twelfth-Century West. By Susan R. Kramer. Studies and Texts 200. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2015. xii + 171 pp. $80.00 cloth

Church History

iconography likely had particular importance to him. The editors are to be congratulated for the ... more iconography likely had particular importance to him. The editors are to be congratulated for the full bibliography and index found at the close of the volume, both of which greatly enhance its value. Webster’s introduction and the essays by Duggan and Staunton provide important orientation to the field, while the other contributors’ essays demonstrate how much scope and source material remains for new research. This volume can serve as a launching point for future research into Becket’s cult, by a wide margin the most important, widespread, and influential saint’s cult originating in medieval England.

Novikoff, The Medieval Culture of Disputation (Atria Larson)

Drossbach, Gisela. Die Collectio Cheltenhamensis: Eine englische Decretalensammlung; Analyse beruhend auf Vorarbeiten von Walther Holtzmann (†)

Manuscripta, 2016

Stephan Dusil, Wissensordnungen des Rechts im Wandel: Päpstlicher Jurisdiktionsprimat und Zölibat zwischen 1000 und 1215. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2018. Pp. xii + 629. €135.00 hardcover (ISBN 9789462701526); €95.00 paper (ISBN 9789462701335); €71.00 ebook (ISBN 9789461662853)

Law and History Review

Johannes de Deo’s Liber Poenitentiarius and the State of Kanonistik in the Mid-Thirteenth Century

Rivista internazionale di diritto comune , 2020

A Portuguese secular priest, doctor decretorum in Bologna, and prolific author of canon law texts... more A Portuguese secular priest, doctor decretorum in Bologna, and prolific author of canon law texts, Johannes de Deo wrote a successful Liber poenitentiarius in 1247. This essay reviews the scholarship on this under-studied figure in the history of canon law, provides a summary of his Liber poenitentiarius, and analyzes one section, treating the conditions of a genuine confession, that helps contextualize Johannes’s work. It argues that Johannes was a successful synthesizer of the canons who practiced consistent methods in the discipline of canon law and remained conversant in larger discussions across Latin Christendom in the thirteenth century.

Gratian, Original Sin, and the Sins of the Fathers: A Question of Sources and the Influence of the School of Laon

Bulletin of Medieval Canon Law, 2019

This essay examines Gratian's treatment of original sin in connection to the question of whether ... more This essay examines Gratian's treatment of original sin in connection to the question of whether children can be punished 'for the sins of the fathers', a question of serious canonistic import in consideration of scenarios where a parent might face ecclesiastical discipline to the point of excommunication, and it is a matter of justice to determine whether or to what extent children should bear the weight of the penalty imposed on parents. Medieval thinkers addressed this question in relationship to key biblical passages of the Old Testament, and the theological treatment of the question was sometimes also related to discussions of original sin, the Christian doctrine that all humans attained the stain of guilt through the sin of their common ancestor, Adam. As in other of my publications, I point to evidence for Gratian's familiarity with, and participation in, discussions and literature of the school of Laon, including the biblical glosses that would develop into the Glossa ordinaria.

Papal Councils and the Development of Lay Penance in the Long Twelfth Century

Cristianesimo nella Storia 39, pp. 323-69, 2018

A handful of papal conciliar canons from the years 1078 to 1139 speak against false penance and e... more A handful of papal conciliar canons from the years 1078 to 1139 speak against false penance and encourage true penance. These canons disappear in the second half of the twelfth century and are replaced by a radically different decree in Omnis utriusque, c.21 of the Fourth Lateran Council (1215). This essay studies this conciliar material, attempts to understand what the decrees were commanding, situates them within the historical development of public and other forms of penance, and then attempts to explain why they disappeared from papal councils and why Lateran IV’s decree on penance was so different. The historical development is presented with particular focus on issues of lay penance, set against the backdrop of lay religious movements of the period and academic (theological and canonistic) reflection upon the nature of penance, especially within Gratian’s Decretum and his De penitentia. The essay traces two lines of development of lay penance into the early thirteenth century, one finding ecclesiastical confirmation in Omnis utriusque and the other in a papally-approved Rule for the ordo penitentium.

From Protections for 'miserabiles personae' to Legal Privileges for International Travelers: The Historical Development of the Medieval Canon Law Regarding Pilgrims

GLOSSAE: European Journal of Legal History, 2019

Religious pilgrims of the Middle Ages enjoyed certain protections. Protection of person and prope... more Religious pilgrims of the Middle Ages enjoyed certain protections. Protection of person and property, access to hospitality, and protections against fiscal abuse, such as extra tolls, remained constant and were well-established within cultural assumptions about the special status of pilgrims. Nevertheless, historical development did take place in canon law regulations regarding pilgrims. The Carolingian period emphasized the personal pastoral responsibility of priests to give hospitality; meanwhile pilgrims were most often grouped with 'miserabiles personae' such as widows, orphans, and 'pauperes'. It also stressed protection of person. In a changing socio-economic and institutional landscape, the high Middle Ages began to associate pilgrims with groups such as merchants. Protection of property at one’s home was more clearly established, along with other legal privileges. Pilgrims also gained more specific spiritual privileges, such as being able to confess during an interdict. In general, the legal regulations regarding pilgrims and the canonistic jurisprudence about them became more specific and technically defined in the later period, especially in light of Roman law jurisprudence, more advanced legal procedures, and new institutions such as religious orders devoted to offering hospitality to pilgrims.

Historic evolution, current situation and unsolved questions 4th International Conference Migrants and refugees in the Law Monastery of Los Jerónimos. Murcia (Spain

by Vergentis. Revista de Investigación de la Cátedra Internacional Inocencio III, Javier Belda Iniesta, PhD., Alessandro Barbero, Atria Larson, Claudia Storti, and Octavian Gabor

4th International Conference - Programme Migrants and Refugees in the Law Historic evolution, cu... more

"Archiepiscopal and Papal Involvement in Episcopal Elections: The Origins and Reception of Lateran IV cc.23-24 from the Third Lateran Council to the Liber Sextus," Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte, Kanonistische Abteilung 102 (2016): 73-98.

Constitutions 23 and 24 of the Fourth Lateran Council dealt with episcopal elections, providing t... more Constitutions 23 and 24 of the Fourth Lateran Council dealt with episcopal elections, providing the proper timeframe and three possible electoral procedures, respectively. Although the former stipulated that an electoral body’s proximate superior was to gain the 'potestas eligendi' and thus make an appointment if the electoral body failed to elect within the specified three months, the latter constitution was far less explicit about to whom the power to elect devolved if an electoral body did not follow proper procedure. The former constitution also failed to identify clearly which office constituted the “proximate superior.” Both constitutions were based in some sense on recent conciliar decrees (from the Third Lateran Council) or pre-1215 decretals issued from Innocent III’s curia. Since both constitutions lacked certain points of legal precision, several more decretals and conciliar decrees were needed in the thirteenth century before it was fully and clearly decided when the power to elect devolved to the metropolitan and when it devolved to the pope. A constitution by Boniface VIII in the Liber Sextus finally resolved the matter. This essay traces this development.

Killing a Career: Homicide and the Development of Medieval Clerical Discipline

Appeared in The Jurist 74:2 (2014) 265-88. (c) 2014 The Catholic University of America Press. Tra... more

Gratian's De penitentia in Twelfth-Century Manuscripts

Appeared in _The Bulletin of Medieval Canon Law_ 31 (2014): 57-110. This essay contains my detail... more Appeared in _The Bulletin of Medieval Canon Law_ 31 (2014): 57-110. This essay contains my detailed and technical reflections on the seven manuscripts I used for my new edition of Gratian's _De penitentia_ (due out from CUA Press in July 2016). It also suggests a new nomenclature for the recensions of Gratian's text (R1 and R2, with stages on the way to a finalized R2 designated as R2a, R2b, etc.).

Ein unbeachtetes Zeugnis zum dritten Laterankonzil: Bernardo Maragones Annales Pisani

by Richard Engl and Atria Larson

Zeitschrift Der Savigny Stiftung Fur Rechtsgeschichte Kanonistische Abteilung, 2011

THE INFLUENCE OF THE SCHOOL OF LAON ON GRATIAN: THE USAGE OF THE GLOSSA ORDINARIA AND ANSELMIAN SENTENTIAE IN DE PENITENTIA (DECRETUM C.33 Q.3)

Mediaeval Studies, 2010

This article studies the evidence of Gratian's usage of material and methods from the school of L... more This article studies the evidence of Gratian's usage of material and methods from the school of Laon in his treatise on penance. Particular attention is paid to usage from the Glossa ordinaria on the Bible, a somewhat shocking phenomenon given Gratian's place and years of work (central Italy, 1130s), as well as his usage of sentences attributed to Anselm of Laon. It argues that, at the very least in a broad sense, Gratian can be counted as a member of the school of Laon. Furthermore, his usage of this material explains the similarities of content and methodology between Gratian's work and that of intellectual figures of northwestern France (e.g. Peter Abelard) when there is no evidence of direct knowledge by Gratian of them or their works.

Early Stages of Gratian's Decretum and the Second Lateran Council: A Reconsideration

Considers the supposed reference to the Lateran Council of 1139 in R1 of Gratian's Decretum and a... more

The Reception of Gratian's Tractatus de penitentia and the Relationship Between Law and Theology in the Second Half of the Twelfth Century

Appeared in special issue on law and theology in the Journal of Religious History 37:4 (2013): 45... more

Transcription of Munich Abbreviatio

Appendix to essay on abbreviation of R1 Decretum in Munich, BSB lat. 22272.

An Abbreviatio of the First Recension of Gratian's Decretum in Munich?

Analyzes a shortened text of the Decretum preserved in Clm 22272. Essay appeared in The Bulletin ... more

by Oleg Dushin, Vesa Hirvonen, and Atria Larson

Очередной выпуск альманаха “VERBUM” Центра изучения средневековой куль-туры при кафедре истории ф... more Очередной выпуск альманаха “VERBUM” Центра изучения средневековой куль-туры при кафедре истории философии Санкт-Петербургского государственного универ-ситета представляет материалы международного семинара «Исповедь и покаяние: у исто-ков формирования самосознания европейского индивида», состоявшегося 20-21 ноября 2015 года. В его работе приняли участие специалисты из разных областей гуманитарных наук (богословия, философии, истории) из Германии, России, США и Финляндии. До-клады, озвученные в ходе прошедшего мероприятия, обозначили достаточно широкий спектр методологических подходов и разнообразие интерпретаций содержательных про-блем истории исповедальных практик европейской культуры.
Кроме того, в данный сборник вошли традиционные разделы, посвященные иссле-дованиям в сфере классической филологии, рецензиям примечательных научных моно-графий по средневековой философии и культуре. В нем также представлены статьи, от-ражающие материалы докладов, прочитанных в рамках циклов научно-теоретических се-минаров 2014-2015 годов, проводимых Центром изучения средневековой культуры при сотрудничестве с Александринским семинаром, семинаром «Актуальные проблемы фи-лософии науки и техники», Санкт-Петербургским обществом Мартина Лютера и Санкт-Петербургским обществом классической немецкой философии.

by VERBUM альманах Центра изучения средневековой культуры, Иван Кузин, Alexander Klestov, Atria Larson, and Grushevoy Alexandr Gavrilovich

Очередной выпуск альманаха “VERBUM” Центра изучения средневековой культуры при кафедре и... more Очередной выпуск альманаха “VERBUM” Центра изучения средневековой культуры при кафедре истории философии Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета представляет материалы международного семинара «Исповедь и покаяние: у истоков формирования самосознания европейского индивида», состоявшегося 20–21 ноября 2015 года. В его работе приняли
участие специалисты из разных областей гуманитарных наук (богословия, философии, истории) из Германии, России, США и Финляндии. Доклады, озвученные в ходе прошедшего мероприятия, обозначили достаточно широкий спектр методологических подходов и разнообразие интерпретаций содержательных проблем истории исповедальных практик европейской культуры. Кроме того, в данный сборник вошли традиционные разделы, посвященные исследованиям в сфере классической филологии, рецензиям примечательных научных монографий по средневековой философии и культуре. В нем также представлены статьи, отражающие материалы докладов, прочитанных в рамках
циклов научно-теоретических семинаров 2014–2015 годов, проводимых Центром изучения средневековой культуры при сотрудничестве с Александринским семинаром, семинаром «Актуальные проблемы философии науки и техники», Санкт-Петербургским обществом Мартина Лютера и Санкт-Петербургским обществом классической немецкой
философии.

Sin, Interiority, and Selfhood in the Twelfth-Century West. By Susan R. Kramer. Studies and Texts 200. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2015. xii + 171 pp. $80.00 cloth

Church History

iconography likely had particular importance to him. The editors are to be congratulated for the ... more iconography likely had particular importance to him. The editors are to be congratulated for the full bibliography and index found at the close of the volume, both of which greatly enhance its value. Webster’s introduction and the essays by Duggan and Staunton provide important orientation to the field, while the other contributors’ essays demonstrate how much scope and source material remains for new research. This volume can serve as a launching point for future research into Becket’s cult, by a wide margin the most important, widespread, and influential saint’s cult originating in medieval England.

Novikoff, The Medieval Culture of Disputation (Atria Larson)

Drossbach, Gisela. Die Collectio Cheltenhamensis: Eine englische Decretalensammlung; Analyse beruhend auf Vorarbeiten von Walther Holtzmann (†)

Manuscripta, 2016

Stephan Dusil, Wissensordnungen des Rechts im Wandel: Päpstlicher Jurisdiktionsprimat und Zölibat zwischen 1000 und 1215. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2018. Pp. xii + 629. €135.00 hardcover (ISBN 9789462701526); €95.00 paper (ISBN 9789462701335); €71.00 ebook (ISBN 9789461662853)

Law and History Review

Gratian and the Schools of Law, 1140–1234. 2nd ed., hg. von Peter Landau (= Variorum Collected Studies 1071)

Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte: Kanonistische Abteilung

Christof Rolker, ed., New Discourses in Medieval Canon Law Research: Challenging the Master Narrative. (Medieval Law and Its Practice 28.) Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2019. Pp. x, 212; 1 color figure and 7 tables. $153. ISBN: 978-9-0043-8993-9. Table of contents available online at https://brill.co...

Speculum

Crime and Forgiveness: Christianizing Execution in Medieval Europe. By Adriano Prosperi. Translated by Jeremy Carden. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020. xvi + 621 pp. $39.95 hardcover

Church History

Review of Danica Summerlin, _The Canons of the Third Lateran Council of 1179: Their Origins and Reception_ (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019), Pp. xxiii, 306.

Bulletin of Medieval Canon Law, 2020

A longer, review essay of Danica Summerlin's book on the canons of Lateran III.

Review of John C. Wei, Gratian the Theologian, in Mittellateinisches Jahrbuch 53 (2018) 166-69.

Mittellateinisches Jahrbuch, 2018

This is my review of John Wei's important book. In addition, I would encourage scholars to consul... more This is my review of John Wei's important book. In addition, I would encourage scholars to consult my book, Master of Penance, for understanding my personal views and arguments on Gratian's treatise on penance rather than accepting Wei's presentation of them, which I did not have space to address in this published review.

Review of: Denis Gabriel, La “Maison des pauvres maîtres” de Robert de Sorbon: Les débuts de la Sorbonne (1254-1274), Bibliothèque d’histoire médiévale 11 (Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2014)

Appeared in Deutsches Archiv 72 (2016): 430-31.

William of Ockham's early theory of property rights in context. By Jonathan Robinson. (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, 166.) Pp. xxiii+396. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2013. €105. 978 90 04 24346 0; 1573 4188

The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 2014

<i>Canon Law, Religion and Politics: Liber Amicorum Robert Somerville</i> ed. by Uta-Renate Blumenthal, Anders Winroth, and Peter Landau (review)

The Jurist: Studies in Church Law and Ministry, 2013

Review of Arnold Angenendt, Ehe, Liebe und Sexualität im Christentum: Von den Anfängen bis heute (Münster: Aschendorff, 2015)

Published in Catholic Historical Review 103, no.4 (2017): pp. 788-89.

Review of: Susan R. Kramer, Sin Interiority and Selfhood in the Twelfth-Century West, Studies and Texts 200 (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2015).

Has appeared in _Church History_ 86, no.2 (2017), pp. 498-500. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009... more

Law and the Christian Tradition in Italy: The Legacy of the Great Jurists

by Rafael Domingo Osle, Atria Larson, Giovanni Minnucci, Romeo Astorri, Ken Pennington, and Orazio Condorelli

Orazio Condorelli and Rafael Domingo (eds.), Routledge, 2020

Firmly rooted on Roman and Canon law, Italian legal culture, from the Middle Ages to our day, has... more Firmly rooted on Roman and Canon law, Italian legal culture, from the Middle Ages to our day, has had an impressive influence on the civil law tradition, and it is rightly regarded as “the cradle of the European legal culture.” Along with the Justinian’s compilation, the US Constitution, and the French Civil Code, the Decretum of Master Gratian or the so-called Glossa ordinaria of Accursius are one of the few legal sources that have influenced the entire world for centuries.
This volume explores a millennium-long story of law and religion in Italy through a series of 26 biographical chapters. The chapters range from the first Italian civilians and canonists, Irnerius and Gratian in the early twelfth century, to the leading architect of the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI. Between these two book ends, this volume offers notable case studies of familiar civilians like Bartolo, Baldo, and Gentili and familiar canonists like Hostiensis, Panormitanus, and Gasparri but also a number of other jurists in the broadest sense who deserve much more attention especially outside of Italy.
All chapters have been written by distinguished legal scholars and historians from Italy and around the world. This diversity of international and methodological perspectives gives the volume its unique character; it will appeal to scholars, lawyers, and students interested in the interplay between religion and law in the era of globalization.

Call for Contributions: Issues on Gospels in the 'Quaderni di storia religiosa medievale'

by Atria Larson and Andrea Tilatti

See the file for an interdisciplinary call for papers for two forthcoming issues of the journal '... more See the file for an interdisciplinary call for papers for two forthcoming issues of the journal 'Quaderni di storia religiosa medievale' (General Editor: Andrea Tilatti; Special Issues Editor: Atria A. Larson). If you have research touching upon the Gospels in medieval communities and daily life, please consider contributing an article. The two issues are divided into: (1) “The Gospels in Medieval Communities and Daily Life: Written and Spoken Word” and (2) “The Gospels in Medieval Communities and Daily Life: Visual Representation and Material Object." They are slated to appear in late 2022 and early 2023.