Acknowledgments

The genesis of this study was at the 2006 Leeds International Medieval Congress. That year, a number of sessions honored Dr. Linda Fowler-Magerl, whose studies of the ordines iudiciorum lie behind much of what follows.

I have many other colleagues to thank as well. Professor Dr. Gert Melville and the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften made it possible for me to work in both Dresden and Leipzig in 2011 and 2013. At Dresden, I was able to present early drafts of this study at the Forschungsstelle fur Vergleichende Ordensgeschichte. The comments from the seminar were, as always, most helpful. At Dresden, Dr. Jorg Sonntag was able to obtain for me a copy of Placentinus' Summa on the Codex, a vital work for any student of the twelfth­century ordines. Visits to the Sondersammlung at the University of Leipzig were a pleasure thanks to the hospitality of Dr. Makert. I also thank Professor Dr. Susanne Lepsius of the Leopold-Wenger Institut at Munich for permitting me to work at the Stephan Kuttner Institute of Medieval Canon Law in 2013; the Institute's new director, Dr Winroth, also graciously allowed me later to work at Yale in 2015. I also thank Dr. Jorg Muller, Dr. Giesela Drossbach, and Dr. Danica Summerlin for their hospitality and patient assistance during my stay in Munich. Dr. Kathleen Cushing's invitation to speak at a Cambridge sym­posium in the spring of 2011, sponsored by CLASMA (Church Law and Society in the Middle Ages), and funded by the English Higher Education Resource Council, afforded me the chance to discuss the ordines and legal change before an acute and friendly audience. It was an honor and pleasure to be able to work at Oxford (Bodelian Library) and Cambridge (University Library, Trinity College, Wren Library) in the preparation of this study.

Turning my attention to home, I thank my colleagues at West Texas A&M for their friendship and counsel, especially Professors Pearson and Bowman for their helpful comments on early drafts. Without the tireless efforts of the Inter-Library loan staff at West Texas A&M, I could not have even conceived of attempting this study. I am also grateful for the grant by the wtamu Alumni Foundation that defrayed some of my expenses while in Munich. The one- course reduction granted by Dean Jessica Mallard was most welcome during the spring semester, 2014.

I am grateful to Brill and, especially, Ms. Marcella Mulder, for her assistance throughout this project. I thank as well the anonymous reader, whose com­ments were helpful and concise. Dr. John Hudson has patiently answered all

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sorts of questions ranging across medieval law and society. His reading of an initial draft also caught many problems, both great and small, and I have greatly benefitted from his corrections and suggestions. What errors remain are my responsibility alone.

Two senior colleagues, whom I also count as friends, must be specially thanked. Dr. Martin Brett has been a great support to me not only during this project but throughout my academic career. I am particularly grateful for his permission to use his unpublished work on the De edendo. Professor Dr. Peter Landau has been, for almost three decades, a second Doktorvater. I cannot thank him too much for his friendship and guidance. I hope what follows will reflect, if inadequately, my admiration for these scholars.

Above all, I thank my wife, Darlene. Over the years, she has endured my enthusiasm for, and complaints about, Hincmar of Reims, Ivo of Chartres and, now, among others, William of Longchamp. Her good humor has only been exceeded by her unfailing love and support. I dedicate this book to her and to the One whose love is the fullness of the law.