_Pace_ Michael Haynes, the late lamented John Gilchrist made
precisely that argument in "The Reception of Pope Gregory VII into the Canon
Law (1073-1141)," _Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte_,
kan. Abt. 59 (1973) 35-82 and 66 (1980) 129-229. I must admit, however,
that I, too, initially found Gilchrist's conclusions difficult to accept; so
much so that a few years later I made a search to see how much of Gregory's
thoughts about marriage and sexuality had found its way into the received
canonical collections. And, lo and behold, there was almost nothing, as I
rather shame-facedly had to report in "Sexuality, Marriage, and the Reform
of Christian Society in the Thought of Gregory VII," _Studi Gregoriani_ 14
(1985) 69-73. Gilchrist's argument was clearly right.
JAB
At 04:06 PM 5/24/97 +0100, CA. Muessig wrote:
>Today, 25 May, is the feast of ...
> <snip>
>* Gregory VII, pope (1085) - although the Reform of the late eleventh and
>early twelfth centuries takes its name from him, in the realm of canon law
>it has been argued that he had almost no effect whatsoever (Do you
>agree?)
> <snip>
>Carolyn Muessig
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James A. Brundage
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