Gratian’s Decretum

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canon law collection legal textbook medieval legal text

Gratian’s Decretum is a 12th-century canon law collection that systematized and harmonized Church legal texts, becoming the foundational textbook for medieval ecclesiastical law.

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Decretum Gratiani 2
Gratian’s Decretum canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canon law collection ⓘ
legal textbook ⓘ
medieval legal text ⓘ
alternativeName Concordia discordantium canonum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Decretum Gratiani NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateDate c. 1140 ⓘ
author Gratian NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Gratian’s dicta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman law excerpts ⓘ
canons from Church councils ⓘ
papal decretals ⓘ
writings of Church Fathers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
dateOfComposition 12th century ⓘ
field canon law ⓘ
ecclesiastical law ⓘ
genre scholastic summa ⓘ
hasCommentaryTradition Summae by medieval jurists ⓘ
glosses by canonists ⓘ
influenced Corpus iuris canonici NERFINISHED ⓘ
Decretals of Gregory IX NERFINISHED ⓘ
development of Western legal tradition ⓘ
ecclesiastical jurisprudence ⓘ
medieval canon law ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
legalSystem Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject Church law ⓘ
canon law sources ⓘ
harmonization of legal texts ⓘ
method harmonization of contradictions ⓘ
scholastic dialectic ⓘ
systematization of sources ⓘ
partOf Corpus iuris canonici NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodOfUse 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Bologna NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedBy canonists of the ius commune ⓘ
status foundational textbook for medieval canon law ⓘ
standard teaching text in law faculties ⓘ
structure causae ⓘ
de consecratione ⓘ
distinctiones ⓘ
taughtAt University of Bologna NERFINISHED ⓘ
medieval universities in Western Europe ⓘ
use legal reference work ⓘ
teaching canon law ⓘ
textbook for medieval universities ⓘ

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Donation of Constantine → usedIn → Gratian’s Decretum ⓘ
Corpus Iuris Canonici → hasPart → Gratian’s Decretum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Decretum Gratiani
Decretals of Gregory IX → predecessor → Gratian’s Decretum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Decretum Gratiani