Canon law touched nearly every aspect of medieval society, including many issues we now think of as purely secular. It regulated marriages, oaths, usury, sorcery, heresy, university life, penance, ...

Medieval Canon Law Julia Lieberman, Ph.D., Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures Specialty: Spanish Renaissance Literature Kathleen Llewellyn, Ph.D., Department of Languages, Literatures ...

Both late antique and high medieval papal decretals were issued and interpreted in response to 'social complexities and uncertainties.' The sheer quantity and complexity of papal decretals in canon ...