Canonical collections of the early Middle Ages.(Review)

Canonical collections of the early Middle Ages (ca. 400-1140). A bibliographical guide to the manuscripts and literature. By Lotte Kery. (History of Medieval Canon Law, I.) Pp. xxxv + 311. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1999. $54.95. 0 8132 0918 8

The study of collections containing the norms of ecclesiastical government since the nineteenth century has been dominated by a few commanding authorities, Friedrich Maassen for the period until Pseudo-Isidore in the mid-ninth century, Paul Fournier for the period from then until Gratian, Stephan Kuttner for Gratian' s successors. As the relevance of the material to an ever-widening field of enquiries …