Title Byzantine religious law in medieval Italy / James Morton

Edition First edition Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color), maps Series Oxford studies in Byzantium Oxford studies in Byzantium. Summary "This book is a historical study of these manuscripts, exploring how and why the Greek Christians of medieval southern Italy persisted in using them so long after the end of Byzantine rule. Southern Italy was conquered by the Norman Hauteville dynasty in the late eleventh century after over 500 years of continuous Byzantine rule. At a stroke, the region's Greek Christian inhabitants were cut off from their Orthodox compatriots in Byzantium and became subject to the spiritual and legal jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic popes. Nonetheless, they continued to follow the religious laws of the Byzantine church; out of thirty-six surviving manuscripts of Byzantine canon law produced between the tenth and fourteenth centuries, the majority date to the centuries after the Norman conquest. Part I provides an overview of the source material and the history of Italo-Greek Christianity. Part II examines the development of Italo-Greek canon law manuscripts from the last century of Byzantine rule to the late twelfth century, arguing that the Normans' opposition to papal authority created a laissez faire atmosphere in which Greek Christians could continue to follow Byzantine religious law unchallenged. Finally, Part III analyses the papacy's successful efforts to assert its jurisdiction over southern Italy in the later Middle Ages. While this brought about the end of Byzantine canon law as an effective legal system in the region, the Italo-Greeks still drew on their legal heritage to explain and justify their distinctive religious rites to their Latin neighbours"--Publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on August 19, 2021) Subject Law -- Italy -- History -- To 1500 Law, Byzantine -- History. Ecclesiastical law -- Italy -- History -- To 1500 Law, Byzantine Law Canon law -- Orthodox Eastern Church Nomocanon Italy Southern Italy Genre/Form Electronic books Church history History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780192605382 0192605380 9780191893117 0191893110 9780192605399 0192605399

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