Publisher's Synopsis
The Fourth Lateran Council of 1215 was a foundational event in the history of Western Christendom. This book assesses the pastoral and theological legacies of the Council. It brings together scholars of high theology, as well as those whose work engages with the practices of clerical governance in the thirteenth century. It maps the key intellectual, theological, and pastoral concerns of Lateran IV, especially revealing the influence of the medieval theologians connected to the universities on the decrees of the Council.
