Capitula Angilramni

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The Capitula Angilramni are a collection of texts from Roman Catholic canon law ; They originated in the second quarter of the 9th century in the Corbie monastery (northeastern France ) and are part of the pseudoisidoric forgeries . The main topic is the ecclesiastical criminal process against bishops , which the Capitula Angilramni wanted to make as difficult as possible through numerous process obstacles, high demands on witnesses , prosecutors and judges , etc. The forgers claim that the capitula was handed over on September 19, 786 by Hadrian I (772-795) to Bishop Angilram of Metz (768-791) in Rome. Only a later tradition of the forgery reverses this to the effect that Angilram presented the capitula to the Pope.

Sources are u. a. real council canons, papal decretals, texts of Roman law. Passed down in about 60 manuscripts from the 9th to 15th centuries, the 70 or so chapters (the number varies in the different traditions) exerted a considerable influence on the criminal procedure law of the Catholic Church.

The Capitula Angilramni are closely linked with the other pseudoisidoric forgeries ( Hispana Gallica Augustodunensis , False Capitularies of Benedictus Levita , False Decretals Pseudoisidor and Collectio Danieliana ) in terms of source and tradition .

The capitula were printed for the first time in the middle of the 16th century in the council collection of Petrus Crabbe. A new edition of the Monumenta Germaniae Historia is in print.

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  • Karl-Georg Schon: The Capitula Angilramni. A procedural forgery of pseudoisidors . MGH , Studies and Texts , Vol. 39 (2006)