The Use of Canon Law in Ecclesiastical Administration, 1000–1234 integrates the textual analysis necessary to understand the evolution and transmission of the

Investigates papal government in the later-twelfth century, focusing on the decrees issued at papal councils, and their reception.

This monograph addresses the history of canon law in Western Europe between ca. 1000 and ca. 1150, specifically the collections compiled and the councils held i

Explains the rise in demand for papal judgments from the 4th century to the 13th century, and how these decretals were later understood.

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