medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Tom Izbicki <[log in to unmask]>
> The canon law takes off in the 12th century, esp. after it becomes an
academic subject in Bologna & Paris in the 2nd half of the century.
and with guys like Ivo laying the foundations?
>The development of curial bureaucracy in the same period & later is too big a
topic to address just now, but things were very institutionalized in the
Avignon period with standard forms for standard bits of business.
my Original Med History prof, a thousand years ago, once put up a quite
grungie b&w slide of the Chateauneuf in Avignon and called it "the first
high-rise office building."
when i finally saw it in the flesh some time later, i had to agree --it is
*such* a modern-looking building.
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/756/422956.JPG
http://www.petit-paradis-provence.com/photos/venasque-avignon.jpg
http://www.petit-paradis-provence.com/photos/venasque-avignon.jpg
http://www.sjaakshobbyshop.nl/files/products/avignon.gif
and just screams out "BUREAUCRACY!"
c
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