Everyday Decretists: Date Eleemosynam and Innocent III’s Exhortation to Alms

This article argues that the sermon of Pope Innocent III (r. 1198-1216), Date Eleemosynam, contains twelfth-century canonical theory meant for instruction of and utilisation by the laity. Historians have not understood the impact of this sermon, due to a miscategorisation in the Patrologia Latina, w...

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Main Author: Maurer, Thomas J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2022
In: Medieval sermon studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 66, Issue: 1, Pages: 28-43
IxTheo Classification:KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages
KCB Papacy
RE Homiletics
SA Church law; state-church law
Further subjects:B Peter the Chanter
B Canon Law
B Hospitals
B medieval laity
B Preaching
B Almsgiving
B Charity
B the Libellus de Eleemosyna
B Innocent III
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