Canon Law and Cloistered Women: Periculoso and Its Commentators, 1298-1545

by Elizabeth Makowski and Elizabeth M. Makowski

Book Overview

Pope Boniface VIII (1294-1303) published a decree in 1298 that transformed long-standing attitudes toward nuns into universal Church law. Referred to as Periculoso , the first word of the Latin text, this decree announced that all nuns, no matter what rule they observed and no matter where their monasteries were located, were to be perpetually cloistered. With the exception of those who were contagiously ill, nuns were under no circumstances to break...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813209498
• ISBN13: 9780813209494
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 149 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"