Canon Law and the Letters of Ivo of Chartres

Ivo of Chartres was one of the most learned scholars of his time, a powerful bishop and a major figure in the so-called ''Investiture Contest''. Christof Rolker here offers a major new study of Ivo, his works and the role he played in the intellectual, religious and political culture of medieval Europe around 1100 AD. Comparing Ivo''s extensive correspondence to the contemporary canon law collecti...