Several different approaches to medieval legal history are evident in these articles. The first group uses law to investigate the principles that governed society, whether clearly articulated or not, and to ask how the intellectual structures of the ius commune affected the institutions of government and the presuppositions of the people. The second group of articles illustrates the importance of returning to the manuscript sources of later medieval texts, rather than relying on the early printed editions. In both parts ...
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Several different approaches to medieval legal history are evident in these articles. The first group uses law to investigate the principles that governed society, whether clearly articulated or not, and to ask how the intellectual structures of the ius commune affected the institutions of government and the presuppositions of the people. The second group of articles illustrates the importance of returning to the manuscript sources of later medieval texts, rather than relying on the early printed editions. In both parts Professor Pennington also focuses on the lives of individual jurists, contending that these provide a key to the understanding of their thought, their position in society, and the connections between the two. One of these articles is published for the first time here, while a number of others have been revised and up-dated for publication. Plusieures approches diff�rentes � l'histoire l�gale du Moyen Age sont refl�t�es au travers de ces articles. Le premier groupe se sert de la loi pour explorer les principes qui gouvernaient la soci�t� - que ceux-ci soient clairement exprim�s ou non - et afin de demander comment les structures intellectuelles de l'ius commune affectaient les institutions gouvernementales et les pr�suppositions du peuple. Le second groupe illustre l'importance du retour aux sources manuscrites des textes m�di�vaux tardifs, plutôt que de se fier � des impressions anciennes. Au travers des deux parties du volume, le professeur Pennington se concentre aussi sur la vie de certains juristes, avançant qu'il s'agit l� d'une des clefs permettant de comprendre leur pens�e, leur place dans la soci�t� et le rapport entre ces deux facteurs. Un des articles est publi� ici pour la premi�re fois, alors qu'un certain nombre d'autres ont �t� r�vis�s et mis � jour pour leur r�impression.
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