not only for the eleventh- and twelfth-century Reform, but more broadly for the Church of the High Middle Ages and even beyond.Robert Somerville situates Piacenza in historical
context, discusses the sources, the attendance, and the need for a new edition of the legislation. The official canons are lost, but several dozen twelfth-century manuscripts were consulted for a new edition of these provisions. The account finishes with a commentary on Piacenza's legislation and a discussion of the subsequent legislation of Urban II's synods. Somerville completes the picture of what can be known about the papal synods of one of the most influential Roman pontiffs of the Middle
Ages.
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