Stephan Kuttner Institute of Medieval Canon Law

06/11/2026

Ken Pennington shared on Facebook this sad message..

Cari amici e colleghi,
con profonda tristezza vi informiamo che oggi è venuto a mancare Manlio Bellomo, Maestro di fama internazionale nel campo degli studi di diritto medievale.
L'Asdimm si stringe con affetto ai suoi familiari e ai suoi allievi.

12/22/2025

Time flies by! The Kuttner Institute has been very silent here, but there is work in progress on our digital presence, and we will surely inform you here about the results. For now we want to express our heartfelt wishes for a Christmastime that will truly touch you, your beloved, your friends, colleagues and students in their hearts!

09/03/2024

We welcome students and their teachers back at universities for a new academic year! All those embarking on the study of medieval canon law, for the first time or again, will encounter both familiar and new grounds, customary and new perspectives, both as a (new) student or as seasoned professsor. Let the study of this vast subject help you to widen your appreciation and understanding of law and justice in past and present!

04/22/2024

The upcoming Seventeenth International Congress of Medieval Law has surely not escaped your attention! The University of Kent will host this event from July 7 tot 13, 2024 at the beautiful city of Canterbury, https://sites.google.com/view/icmcl2024/home . Hopefully we will meet many of you again in Canterbury, and we look eagerly forward to meet new people who study our fields of interest!

Welcome to ICMCL XVII!

02/01/2024

The first English translation of Norway's 1274 Law of the Land was published yesterday, just 750 years after King Magnus the Lawmender promulgated the Old Norse original.

The first English translation of Magnus the Lawmender’s law code, this book allows students and scholars to interpret, compare and add their perspectives to this crucial source to European legal history. The Laws of the Land are one of the very few law books issued in the Middle Ages which regulat...

12/15/2023

We are near the end of an eventful year. People long in their hearts for peace and safety, comfort and the company of family and friends. Above all perhaps they long for a world where justice will prevail over injustice and violence. Canon law has a tradition of attention to equity and benign behavior as its core values to realize this vision. Hopefully you can celebrate Christmas in a way that makes you and the people you meet happy!

09/26/2023

Sometimes it seems time goes much faster than expected! The academic year 2023-2024 has already started, and we would feel sorry not to wish good luck to both staff and students anywhere who venture into the subject of medieval canon law. Hopefully it will be an occasion to discover new perspectives on medieval history, church history and medieval law. Some of you will work on editions, studying manuscripts or archival records, others on papers and monographs, others will try to connect medieval canon law with digital humanities. Whatever choices you make we do hope you will be enriched by dealing with medieval canon law!

06/29/2023

The academic year 2022-2023 has nearly reached its end. Hopefully both teachers and students can look back at a fruitful year of scholarly development. We wish you and those closest to you a good holiday time! For those who prepare new curricula, travel to libraries and archives for research, and those thinking about a good theme for further research we wish you lots of inspiration, creativity and tenacity in pursuing your goals. Finis coronat opus!

02/24/2023

The Proceedings from the Fifteenth International Congress of Medieval Canon Law in Paris 2016 have been published in our series Monumenta iuris canonici. A lot of interest here.

02/16/2023

We mourn the passing of our beloved colleague Joe Goering, who for many years served as a director of the Institute. His impact on our field was enormous. He will be greatly missed.

Obituary and memorial page for Joseph "Butch" Goering