STELLING-MICHAUD (Sven) – SWISS JURISTS IN BOLOGNA (1255-1330), Biographical Notices and Registers of Bolognese Acts
STELLING-MICHAUD (Sven) – SWISS JURISTS IN BOLOGNA (1255-1330), Biographical Notices and Registers of Bolognese Acts
    STELLING-MICHAUD (Sven)
    SWISS JURISTS IN BOLOGNA (1255-1330), Biographical Notices and Registers of Bolognese Acts
Édition :
    Geneva
Date :
    1960
    octavo, paperback, (faded cover, rubbed spine, slightly loose binding), 330 p.
    "In this work, the fruit of extensive research conducted before 1939 at the Archivio di Stato in Bologna, S. Stelling-Michaud, Professor of Modern History at the University of Geneva, considers a series of problems of great interest to the historian of institutions. Unable to analyze the very rich content of this book in detail here, we will limit ourselves to highlighting a few important points. The author aims to determine the role played by the University of Bologna in the 14th and 16th centuries in the introduction of learned law into Switzerland. To this end, he patiently searched the voluminous series of Registers of the Commune of Bologna. Stelling-Michaud's work thus contains a wealth of useful information on the Swiss jurists who received their degrees in the Romagna city." (…) But Mr. Stelling-Michaud does not merely make an original and valuable contribution to the social and cultural history of his country; he also has the merit of considering broader problems of more general interest. First and foremost, he provides a useful clarification of the much-debated question of the origins of the University of Bologna (pp. 13-25). In this regard, the author emphasizes the original and unique character in Europe of the Bolognese Studium, “a secular and private creation, evolving towards a democratic and egalitarian form, in contrast to the Studia generalia of Paris and Oxford, created under the aegis of the Church and in a hierarchical spirit.” Mr. Stelling-Michaud concludes his fine book by emphasizing the idea that “Roman law profoundly influenced the legal language, concepts, and local customs of present-day Switzerland during the Middle Ages: it was a powerful catalyst for civilization despite popular opposition, which was, in short, nothing more—as E. Meynial rightly observed—than a reaction born of both ignorance and national temperament.” (Laurent Chevailler. Sven Stelling-Michaud, The University of Bologna and the Penetration of Roman and Canon Law in Switzerland in the 13th and 14th Centuries. In Revue d'histoire de l'Église de France, no. 42/1956, pp. 253–257).

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Mots-clés : Ancient Law - History of Law

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