Marriage advice for a Pope : John XXII and the power to dissolve
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Marriage advice for a Pope : John XXII and the power to dissolve
（Medieval law and its practice, v. 3）
Brill, 2009
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Text chiefly in Latin; introduction in English
Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-196) and indexes
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Description
The Medieval Church taught that marriage was indissoluble and that consent was the key. Why then could a marriage be dissolved by one spouse joining a religious order after an exchange of consent but before consummation? This question vexed Thirteenth-century academics and, in the fourteenth century, Pope John XXII asked a group of leading theologians and lawyers to study the issue. Position-papers were produced to explain the exception to the rule of indissolubility for chaste monks and nuns, and to explore whether the pope had the power to extend it to celibate priests and deacons. These texts, edited here, were used by John XXII to draft his bull Antique Concertationi (1322). This study reconstructs the story behind the constitution, providing a unique insight into the decision-making process at the Roman curia in Avignon under a controversial pope.
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Preface
Abbreviations
Part One Introduction
1. The runaway spouse joins a religious order: an inexplicable exception
2. The holdout husband takes up a holy order" an unresolved argument
3. A triptych of consultation: marriage, poverty, magic
4. Introducing the experts
5. Conclusion
6. Post-scriptum
7. Manuscript description
8. Ration editionis
Part Two Edition
I. Dicta fratris Vitalis de Furno
II. Dicta fratris Bertrandi de Turre
III. Dicta eiusdem domini Cardinalis
IV. Dicta domini Gaucelmi Iohannis
V. Dicta domini Bertrandi de Monte Faventino
VI. Dicta domini Petri Textoris
VII. Dicta domini Arnardi Roiardi
VIII. Idem Episcopus
IX. Dicta domini Durandi
X. Idem Episcopus
XI. Dicta fratis Gregorii
XII. Dicta fratis Hervei
XIII. Dicta fratis Iohannis de Alesto
XIV. Dicta fratis Iohannis de Reding
XV. Dicta fratis Iohannis de Neapoli
XVI. Dicta magistri Iohannis Panhote
XVII. Dicta fratis Roberti de Anglia
XVIII. Dicta
XIX. Frater Iohannes de Neapoli
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