Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 415: The Norman Anonymous

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Title:

Alternate Title:

Tractatus Eboracenses

Language:

Latin

Extent:

ff. 4 + 154 + 2

Dimensions:

211 Height (mm) and 135 Width (mm)

Approximate Date:

[ca. 1000 - 1199]

Table of contents:

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Summus pontifex
Equalitas ecclesiarum et unitas ecclesie
De peccatis et de penis eorum
Episcopus a solo Deo iudicandus
Abbas episcopo suo subditus est
In necessitate licet leges pretermitti
Iudex secundum Deum iudicet
De mercenarii sententia
De iusticia christiana
Sacerdotis auctoritas
De diversitate penarum
De primatu ecclesie Hierosolimitane
Electio et consecratio episcopi
De malestate baptismi
De nuptiale sacramento
De ordine sacerdotis (I)
De ordine sacerdotis (II)
De consecratione sacerdotis
De ordine et de oficiis Christi
De duobus gladiis
De bonitate Dei et nature
De ordinatione filiorum sacerdotum
De equalitate apostolorum
De immolatione corporis Christi
De consecratione pontificum et regum (I)
De consecratione pontificum et regum (II)
'Laicus' nomen est ignominie
De potestate ligandi atque solvendi
De sacerdotum matrimonio
De ordinatione filiorum sacerdotum
De Fiscannensi ecclesia
De Romano pontifice
De primato Anglie
De ecclesia Sathane in Roma
De sanctorum communione

Description:

CCCC MS 415 contains the unique text of an author once universally known as 'The York Anonymous' but now thought to have been written by a Norman ecclesiastic, probably from Rouen, and hence its modern appellation as 'The Norman (or 'Rouen') Anonymous'. The manuscript, which was copied in the late eleventh or early twelfth century, consists of a number of tracts which have as their broad theme the relationship between the spiritual and temporal power. It has special significance because it was written shortly after the Investiture Controversy; this controversy was over the power of lay princes to invest and receive homage from abbots and bishops, which was forbidden by Pope Gregory VII in 1075. Although frequently discussed in the literature of the history of the relationship between the medieval church and state, the unique private nature of the text makes it highly unlikely that the complex ideas expressed in it ever gained a wide readership.

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