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Gratian
Gratian , 359-83, Roman emperor of the West (375-83). At the death of his father, Valentinian I , he accepted the army's election of his brother, Valentinian II , as his colleague. Gratian took Britain, Gaul, and Spain as his own share of the empire and acted as guardian for Valentinian in Italy, Illyricum, and Africa. After the death of Valens (378), he made Theodosius I emperor of the East. Gratian fought successfully against the barbarians. He appointed St. Ambrose as an adviser and vigorously attacked paganism, ordering the removal of the altar of Victory from the senate house and the confiscation of the revenues of the vestal virgins and refusing the title pontifex maximus. Toward the end of his reign he neglected public affairs for hunting. In 383 he was assassinated by the followers of Maximus.
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The Making of Gratian's Decretum.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; The Making of Gratian's Decretum. [Volume IL, Cambridge...to the work of the first generation. Gratian's Decretum established canon law as a field of study. We know very little about Gratian, other than that he compiled a systematic...
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The Making of Gratian's Decretum.
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Scholars of medieval canon law generally know Gratian's Harmony of Discordant Canons or Decretum...a twelfth-century lawyer known as Gratian (about whom we know virtually nothing...historians and canonists have access to Gratian's work in two editions: the "Roman...
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The History of Medieval Canon Law in the Classical Period, 1140-1234: From Gratian to the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Classical Period, 1140-1234: From Gratian to the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX...lifetime of arduous work on the glosses on Gratian's Decretum in a mere forty-three pages...discovered Roman law of Justinian and Gratian's great compilation of canon law. The...
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 "Sudan Tribune (Sudan)")
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US's Gratian rewards the Genocidal NCP.
News Wire article from: Sudan Tribune (Sudan); 8/5/2009; 700+ words
; ...vocal, since his arrival, becoming a mouthpiece of the genocidal National Congress Party (NCP) regime in Khartoum. General Gratian continued rewarding this evil establishment for free in blatant disregard to the Darfur crisis, which is worsening the plight...
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 "Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman)")
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Nalinda helps Sinha CT win Intermediate Cup.
Newspaper article from: Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman); 3/20/2009; 554 words
; ...25 (13 balls, 4 fours) and skipper Gratian Karunartne 22 not out (17 balls, 2 fours...Upul fourwickets for 14 runs and skipper Gratian Karunaratne four for 19 off four overs...Rangajeewa Perera 49, Rohana Fernando 25 and Gratian Karunaratne 22 not out; Anishad 2/27...
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Die Synoden und Konzilien in dir Zeit des Reformpapsttums in Deutscbland und Italien von Leo IX. bis Calixt II. 1049-1123
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...taken up in the canonical collections. Gratian's included only fourteen of the twenty...Calixtus ?. There could be good reasons for Gratian's attributions. Conciliar canons were...and early-twelfth centuries; perhaps Gratian took his canons from other sources and...
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The Reception of the Church Fathers in the West: From the Carolingians to the Maurists
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...the vagueness of remarks such as that Gratian did not consider the union of Mary and...Sohm thought he saw the canon law after Gratian shifting from the categories of sacrament...Rutherford follows by returning to the study of Gratian's Decretum, now as a source of patristic...
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CARNALITY AND WITCHCRAFT: THE SALACIOUSNESS OF WOMEN AS A FOUNDATION FOR THE MALLEUS MALEFICARUM
Magazine article from: Magistra; 7/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...As early as 1140, in his Decretum, Gratian warned the bishops against the "malefice...service on certain nights.(7) Clearly Gratian is calling for a purging of the pagan...made, is beyond doubt an infidel.(8) Gratian's reference to the powers of transformation...
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Medieval Church Law and the Origins of the Western Legal Tradition: A Tribute to Kenneth Pennington.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 9/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...headings, is the traditional date for Gratian's Decretum, the work marking the transition...Neither Slave nor Free: Theology and Law in Gratian's Thoughts on the Definition of Marriage...sanguinis [non] defendat ecclesia: Gratian, mit einem kurzen Blick erhascht...
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Columbia University Community Celebrates Four MacArthur 'Genius Awards'.
News Wire article from: AScribe Law News Service; 10/8/2003; 700+ words
; ...history at Yale University. His work on Gratian's Decretum, a 12th century collection...Winroth authored "The Making of Gratian's Decretum," which opened new avenues for interpreting the origins of Gratian's medieval texts. Finally, Barnard...
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Gratian
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Gratian Gratian (died ca. 1155) is known as the father of canon law. His book on the...the single greatest authority on the subject until the 20th century. Gratian was a monk in the Camaldolese congregation of the Order of St. Benedict...
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Valentinian II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...was proclaimed emperor with his brother Gratian as coregent. After the death (378) of Valens , Gratian made Theodosius I ruler in the East. Valentinian...Justina, and the Nicene Christians led by Gratian and St. Ambrose . In 383, Gratian was...
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Theodosius I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Spain. He remained there until Emperor Gratian chose him to rule the East after the defeat...battle of Adrianople. Theodosius, whom Gratian made co-augustus in 379, took up arms...influence predominated in the army. In 383, Gratian was murdered; Theodosius was forced to...
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canon law
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...that the great genius of the canon law, Gratian , following after Ivo of Chartres , applied...canonum (c.1140) or Decretum Gratiani [Gratian's Collection of Decrees] became the...IX , so named because they were outside Gratian; the collection issued (1298) by Boniface...
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Eutropius
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...379 AD, Eutropius visited the court of Gratian, Roman emperor of the west who ruled...against paganism. Soon after his stay with Gratian, Eutropius became the prefect, a chief...as the colleague of Valentinian II, Gratian's brother. It was through these personal...
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