Chapter 15. Canon Law and Chaucer on Licit and Illicit Magic

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction: The Reordering of Law and the Illicit in Eleventh- and Twelfth- Century Europe 1
5. PART I. Legal Systems
6. Chapter 1. A Fresh Look at Medieval Sanctuary 17
7. Chapter 2. Heresy as Politics and the Politics of Heresy, 1022–1180 33
8. Chapter 3. Legal Ethics: A Medieval Ghost Story 47
9. Chapter 4. The Ties That Bind: Legal Status and Imperial Power 57
10. PART II. Writing the Law
11. Chapter 5. Licit and Illicit in the Yarnall Collection at the University of Pennsylvania: Pages from the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX 71
12. Chapter 6. Judicial Violence and Torture in the Carolingian Empire 79
13. Chapter 7. The Ambiguity of Treason in Anglo- Norman-French Law, c. 1150–c. 1250 89
14. Chapter 8. Illicit Religion: The Case of Friar Matthew Grabow, O.P. 103
15. Chapter 9. Marriage, Concubinage, and the Law 117
16. PART III. Cases and Trials
17. Chapter 10. Crusaders’ Rights Revisited: The Use and Abuse of Crusader Privileges in Early Thirteenth-Century France 133
18. Chapter 11. Learned Opinion and Royal Justice: The Role of Paris Masters of Theology During the Reign of Philip the Fair 149
19. Chapter 12. Coin and Punishment in Medieval Venice 164
20. PART IV. Law Beyond the Law
21. Chapter 13. Licit and Illicit in the Rhetoric of the Investiture Conflict 183
22. Chapter 14. Satisfying the Laws: The Legenda of Maria of Venice 197
23. Chapter 15. Canon Law and Chaucer on Licit and Illicit Magic 211
24. Chapter 16. Law, Magic, and Science: Constructing a Border Between Licit and Illicit Knowledge in the Writings of Nicole Oresme 225
25. Abbreviation 239
26. Notes 241
27. Contributors 305
28. Index 307
29. Acknowledgments 317