NATIVE LAW AND THE CHURCH IN MEDIEVAL WALES by Huw Pryce ( 9780198203629 )

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NATIVE LAW AND THE CHURCH IN MEDIEVAL WALES

By:

Huw Pryce

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0198203624

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Publisher:

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 February, 1993

Series:

Oxford Historical Monographs

Pages:

306

Description:

A study of the relationship between native secular law and the Church in medieval Wales. It assesses the influence of the Church on Welsh law and considers the extent to which the law defended the authority and possessions of the Church.

Synopsis:

This is the first full scholarly study of the relationship between native secular law and the church in medieval Wales. The interaction was close, despite Archbishop Pecham's condemnation of native law as the work of the devil. Huw Pryce assesses the influence of the church on Welsh law, examining the participation of churchmen in the composition of lawbooks and the administration of legal processes and analysing ecclesiastical criticism of native customs, notably those concerning marriage. He considers the extent to which Welsh law defended the authority and possessions of the church, focusing in particular on the status of clerics and on rights of sanctuary and lordship. The book throws revealing new light on both the law and the church in Wales in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. As a study of the impact of ecclesiastical reform on a society perceived by some contemporaries as barbarian and immoral this scholarly and lucid account makes an important contribution to medieval history.

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Clarendon Press

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