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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A clear and readable account of a turbulent period,
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This review is from: Canon Law and Cloistered Women: Periculoso and Its Commentators, 1298-1545 (Paperback)
Elizabeth Makowski has written a superb account of a crucial but little-known Church edict, the 1298 papal decretal of Pope Boniface VIII that is known as "Periculoso" (perilous) after the first word of the document; the decretal ruled on the status of women religious and proved quite controversial. As Makowski shows, the papal ruling was enforced in widely different ways, and sometimes not enforced at all, with both the enforcers and the non-enforcers claiming to have the force of canon law behind their arguments, and leaving many devoted women religious stranded somewhere in between. Makowski's research has clearly been extensive, and her writing is blessedly jargon-free.
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Canon Law and Cloistered Women: Periculoso and Its Commentators, 1298-1545 (Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Canon Law) by Elizabeth M. Makowski (Hardcover - Nov. 1997)
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