Pope Urban II, the Collectio Britannica, and the Council of Melfi 1089

ISBN	9780198205692
Publication Date	30/05/2006
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Manufacturer	Oxford University Press

Pope Urban II called a council to discuss reform of the Catholic Church. The decrees of this council were later compiled into a book called the Collectio Britannica. This book is now available in English for the first time.

The reign of Pope Urban II (1088-1099) is often seen as a turning point in the period of medieval history known as the Gregorian Reform. This volume presents for the first time modern editions of, and commentary on, the decrees of Urban's first papal council (at Melfi in 1089), and the excerpts of his acts found in the enigmatic canon-law book labelled the Collectio Britannica. Both editions are accompanied by English translations of the Latin texts.