La culture juridique des hommes d’Église en Anjou et dans le Maine (XIVe – début XVIe siècles) - The Legal Culture of the Clergy in Anjou and Maine (from the 14th to the Early 16th Centuries)

Abstract

Dealing with the legal culture of the clergymen in the late Middle Ages, this study aims to comprehend the coincidence between the spread of a particular type of intellectual training and the consciousness that a social group could have to build its own identity. Three topics are successively discussed. The first part considers the legal studies, especially at the University of Angers where law schools were organized from the 13th century. The second section focuses on the careers of the clergy (university teaching, service of Church and States). The last part is devoted to the study of the private and institutional libraries (abbeys and cathedrals).

Keywords

• crisis in July
• responsibility of war
• war crime
• nationalism
• militarism
• imperialism
• secret diplomacy
• expansive efforts
• mobilisation
• concert of great powers
• Schlieffen-plan
• fear
• Middle Ages
• clergy
• legal studies
• universities
• libraries