Carolingian Canon Law project
The Carolingian Canon Law project (CCL) is producing a searchable, electronic rendition of one of the major works of Carolingian canon law, in a presentation that shows its relation to other works of canon law used by Carolingian jurists. It thus will enable scholars to study the conceptual corpus of early medieval canon law in one of its most vibrant periods before the compilation of Gratian’s Decretum in the twelfth century. Through the creation of a "fuzzy edition" of the Collectio Dacheriana, this project maps the extent of variation in "standard" legal texts known to Carolingian jurists, and identifies particular points of variation. In addition to clarifying the textual history of medieval canon law, the project will provide historical and bibliographic annotation of several hundred canons used by jurists before, during, and after the Carolingian period.