Several Notes on the Position of Canon Law in Czech Legal Historiography

0343702 - HÚ 2011 PL eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Krafl, Pavel
Several Notes on the Position of Canon Law in Czech Legal Historiography.
Vetera novis augere. Studia i prace dedykowane Profesorowi Wacławowi Uruszczakowi. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2010 - (Grodziski, S.; Malec, D.; Karabowicz, A.; Stus, M.), s. 447-458. ISBN 978-83-233-2768-4
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z80150510
Keywords : medieval canon law * Czech legal historiography * provincial statutes
Subject RIV: AB - History

Proportionately to the importance of the issue of canon law in the Middle Ages, especially in the 14th and early 15th centuries, we would expect that it would be grasped adequately and incorporated into synthetic works on Czech legal history. Unfortunately, this has not always been the case. Considering the position and place of the Church in modern society, canon law has logically assumed a marginal role. We have discovered that in Czech historiography, this evaluation has projected itself into earlier historical periods as well. The issue of canon law has not always been perceived as a legal topic. The marginalized position of canon law history was definitely strengthened by the etatistic concept of law, and the prevailing concept of legal history and history in general after 1948. Proportionately to this, canon law themes have occupied a considerably less important place in synthetic works on legal history completed in the second half of the 20th century.
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