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This thesis examines the actual text, in English translation, of the canons of the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215 in their historical context. It endeavors to demonstrate the key role these canons played in the development of High and Late Medieval Christianity as well as the factors leading to their inclusion in the council. It is therefore an attempt at an analysis of the Fourth Lateran Council ... read moreitself: its purposes, its goals, and its achievements. In showing the significance all of these canons played in the history of the Latin Christian tradition, this thesis hopes to place the council rightfully as a pivotal moment in western Christianity and a source of much of medieval, Renaissance and modern Christian practice.read less
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