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Master Page on Gratian and his Concordia (c. 1140)
This page organizes material fundamental to the study of Gratian his magnum opus, the Concordia (approx. 1120-1140).
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Background |
Gratian is known as the Father of Canon Law. Little is known about his life but the publication of his compilation of canons in the early 12th century established canon law as discipline independent from theology. Known to history as the Concordia (or Concordantia) discordantium canonum, or more commonly (though quite misleadingly), the Decretum Gratiani, Gratian's masterwork was never officially recognized by the Church and had no authority beyond that already enjoyed by its individual provisions. Nevertheless this great work controlled canonical discourse for roughly a century until the appearance of Gregory IX's authoritative collection, the Quinque Libri Decretales in 1234, and it strongly influenced canon law until the Council of Trent. Even thereafter, Gratian's Concordia served as a trove of canonical insight until the advent of codified law in the early 20th century.
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Overview
Decretum Gratiani
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Editio Typica official edition
Master Page on Gratian's Concordia
Ius Decretalium (Friedberg edition)
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An original and/or critical edition of Gratian's Concordia does not exist. The most common version of Gratian's Concordia only (i.e., without the Glossa Ordinaria) in use today is the one produced by Friedberg in the late 19th century.
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Medieval citation style for Gratian's Decretum
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Gratian's Decree is divided into three parts.
There are only two (perhaps three) things that can confuse one in Gratian citations.
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Early Commentary on Gratian |
J. von Schulte, ed., Die Summa des Paucapalea über das Decretum Gratiani (Emil Roth, 1890). qqq On the place of in canonistics see e.g.,
See also P. Torquebiau, “Corpus Iuris Canonici”, DDC IV: 610-664 esp. “Les Palae” at 614-615, and T. McLaughlin, "Paucapalea" NCE2 (2003) XI: 1.
On the place of in canonistics see e.g.,
F. Thaner, ed., Die Summa Magistri Rolandi nachmals Papstes Alexander III (Wagner’Schen, 1874). qqq On the place of Rolandus in canonistics see, e.g., M. Pacaut, "Roland Bandinelli (Alexander III)", DDC VII (1965): 702-726.
H. Singer, ed., Rufinus von Bologna (Magister Rufinus) Summa Decretorum (Ferdinand Schöningh, 1963). qqq On the place of Rofinus in canonistics see, e.g.,
See also R. Benson, "Rufin", DDC VII: 779-784, and L. Boyle, "Rufinus" NCE2 XII: 403-404.
J. von Schulte, ed., Die Summa des Stephanus Tornacensis über das Decretum Gratiani (Emil Roth, 1891). See also =.
T. McLaughlin, ed., The Summa Parisiensis on the Decretum Gratiani (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1952). See also C. Lefebvre, "Parisiensis (Summa)", DDC VI: 1230-1231.
Francis Firth, ed., Robert of Flamborough, Liber Poenitentialis, a Critical Edition with Introduction and Notes (Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 1971). Review: T. Halton, The Jurist 33 (1973) 109-110. See also F. Firth, "Robert of Flamborough", NCE2 XII: 267-268. |
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A very important study of the development of Gratian's Concordia.
Anders Winroth, The Making of Gratian's Decretum (Cambridge, 2000) 245 pp. Reviews: K. Pennington, Speculum 78 (2003) 293-297; A. Thompson, Theological Studies (63 (2002) 391-393; J. Brundage, Journal of Ecclesiastical History 53 (2002) 352-354; P. Landau, Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung fur Rechtsgeschichte (2002) 589-594; and T. Watkin, Ecclesiastical Law Journal 6 (2002) 281-284. • Outstanding work. Order it here. |
Some Gratian in English
Gratian, The Treatise on Laws (Decretum DD 1-20) with the Ordinary Gloss, trans. by A. Thompson and J. Gordley (Catholic University of America, 1993) 131 pp. Reviews: J. Lynch, The Jurist 54 (1994) 335-337, and A. Gauthier, Studia Canonica 28 (1994) 524-525. • Superb work, with a fine orientation to Gratian studies in its Introduction. Order it here. |
Other selected Studies |
Wolfgang Müller, Huggucio: The Life, Works, and Thought of a Twelfth-Century Jurist (Catholic University of America, 1994). Easily the best study of this very interesting canonist.
Stanley Chodorow, Christian Political Theory and Church Politics in the Mid-Twelfth Century: The Ecclesiology of Gratian's Decretum (University of California at Los Angles, 1972) 300 pp.
John McCarthy, "The Genius of Concord in Gratian's Decree", Ephemerides Iuris Canonici 19 (1963) 105-151, 259-295. |
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