Professor Emeritus Dr Hans-Jürgen Becker

I. Monographs

1. Two unknown works on canon law by Bonagratia of Bergamo in Codex Vat. lat. 4009. – Expanded photomechanical reprint from: Sources and Research from Italian Archives and Libraries, published by the German Historical Institute in Rome, Vol. 46 (1966). Doctoral thesis in law, Frankfurt am Main, 1967 (examiners: Adalbert Erler / Helmut Coing)

2. The Pope’s Appeal to the Council. Historical Development and Canonical Discussion in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period (Research on Ecclesiastical Legal History and Canon Law, Vol. 17), Cologne 1988. (also a habilitation thesis. Examiners: Adalbert Erler / Bernhard Diestelkamp)

3. A Stroll through the Legal History of Cologne (Lecture Notes Series of the Cologne Bar Association, Issue 25), Cologne 1988

4. The Palatinate Lion in Bavaria. On the History of the Upper Palatinate during the Electoral Palatinate Era. University of Regensburg Series, Vol. 24, Regensburg 1997

5. The Imperial Diet at Regensburg. Historical Views from the Year 1786, Regensburg 2003.

6. Regensburg Becomes Bavarian. A Reader (in collaboration with Konrad Maria Färber), Regensburg 2009

7. Aspects of Secular and Ecclesiastical Legal Culture. Selected Essays, Edition

Legal Culture, Regenstauf 2014

8. Konrad von Gelnhausen. The Ecclesiastical-Political Writings (History of the Councils, edited by Peter Bruns and Thomas Prügl, Series B: Studies 17), Paderborn 2018

9. The New Faculty of Law at the University of Cologne from 1919 to 1950 (Contributions to the Legal History of the 20th Century 118), Tübingen 2021

10. The Papal Election Capitulations. A Contribution to the Constitutional History of the Church (Popes and the Papacy 51, Volumes 1 and 2), Stuttgart 2024

11. The Collegium Juridicum in Cologne in the Early Modern Period. Pioneers of a Renewed Approach to Legal Education in the Holy Roman Empire (forthcoming)

II. Editorial work

1. Legal History as Cultural History. Festschrift for Adalbert Erler on his 70th birthday (together with G. Dilcher, G. Gudian, E. Kaufmann and W. Sellert), Aalen 1976.

2. Series on Legal History (edited jointly with W. Brauneder, P. Caroni, B. Diestelkamp, G. Dil­cher, H. Hattenhauer, R. Hoke, M. Köbler, G. Landwehr, H. Nehlsen, W. Ogris, G. Otte, K.O. Scherner, H. Schlosser, D. Schwab, H.-W. Strätz, E. Wadle and D. Willoweit), Frankfurt am Main – Bern – New York, since 1978

3. Journal of the Savigny Foundation for Legal History, Canon Law Department, edited jointly with M. Heckel and K.W. Nörr and now with H. De Wall and A. Thier, from Volume 111 (KA LXXX), Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 1994, up to Volume 134 (KA CIII), Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2017

4. Festschrift for Heinz Hübner on his 70th birthday (edited jointly with G. Baumgärtel, E. Klingmüller and A. Wacke), Berlin – New York 1984.

5. Legal and Political Science Publications of the Görres Society / New Series, edited jointly with Otto Depenheuer, Alexander Hollerbach, Josef Isensee and Paul Mikat (since 2001)

6. Adam Christian Gaspari, *Der Deputations-Receß* with historical, geographical and statistical explanations and a comparative table. Reprint of the edition published in Hamburg by Friedrich Perthes in 1803, edited and with an introduction (pp. 5*–43*), 2 vols. Hildesheim – Zurich – New York 2003

7. Publications on Law and Political Science by the Görres Society / New Series, edited in collaboration with Otto Depenheuer, Alexander Hollerbach, Josef Isensee and Paul Mikat (since 2001)

8. Interdependencies between Constitution and Culture. Conference of the Association for Constitutional History in Hofgeismar, 22–24 March 1999 (Der Staat: Supplements 15, ed.), Berlin 2003

9. Colloquia in Honour of Dieter Schwab, edited jointly with Dieter Klippel and Reinhard Zimmermann, Bielefeld 2000

10. Composite Statehood in European Constitutional History. Conference of the Association for Constitutional History in Hofgeismar, 19–21 March 2001 (Der Staat: Supplements 16, ed.), Berlin 2006.

III. Essays

1. The ‘Fidem catholicam’ Mandate of Louis of Bavaria of 1338, in: Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters, published on behalf of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica by H. Grundmann and H.-M. Schaller, vol. 26 (Cologne 1970), pp. 454–512

2. On the settlement between several guarantors following the satisfaction of the creditor, in: NJW 1971, pp. 2151 ff.

3. An unknown manuscript of the Swabian and Augsburg ‘Sachsenspiegel’, in: Journal of the Savigny Foundation for Legal History, German Language and Literature Department, vol. 88 (1971), pp. 190–197

4. Simone da Borsano. A Canonist on the Eve of the Great Schism, in: Legal History as Cultural History. Festschrift for Adalbert Erler on his 70th birthday, ed. by H.-J. Becker et al., Aalen 1976, pp. 179–195

5. ‘Protestatio, Protest: On the Changing Function of a Legal Instrument’, in: Journal of Historical Research, Vol. 5 (Berlin 1978), pp. 385–412

6. Cohabitation (concubinage) in legal history, in: Cohabitation, Publications of the Joachim Jungius Society of Sciences, Hamburg, No. 34, edited by G. Landwehr, Göttingen 1978, pp. 13–38

7. City Patrons and Municipal Freedom. A Legal History Analysis of the Cologne Cathedral Painting, in: Memorial Volume for Hermann Conrad, edited by P. Mikat and G. Kleinheyer, Paderborn 1979, pp. 23–45

8. The Saint as Sovereign. On the constitutional symbolic significance of the patron saint in the European context, in: *Symbolon*, Yearbook for Symbol Research, New Series, Vol. 6, Cologne 1982, pp. 9–25

9. Diplomatics and Legal History. Conring’s work in the ‘bella diplomatica’ concerning the law of royal coronation, the imperial freedom of the city of Cologne and jurisdiction over the city of Lindau, in: Hermann Conring (1606–1681), edited by M. Stolleis, Berlin 1983, pp. 335–353

10. Liturgy and Law in their Mutual Interpenetration, in: Saeculum. Yearbook for Universal History, Vol. 34, Freiburg/Munich 1983, pp. 201–212

11. The Städel Clause (§ 84 BGB), in: Festschrift for Heinz Hübner on his 70th birthday, Berlin/New York 1984, pp. 21–33

12. In memoriam Viktor Achter, in: Journal of the Savigny Foundation for Legal History, German Language and Literature Department, Vol. 101 (1984), pp. 450–453

13. Cohabitation outside marriage in tort law, in: Insurance Law. Legal Review for Individual Insurance 1985, pp. 201–206

14. Rhenish Law and its Significance for the Development of Law in Germany in the 19th Century, in: Juristische Schulung 1985, pp. 338–345

15. August Reichensperger (1808–1895), in: Rheinische Lebensbilder, Vol. 10, 1985, pp. 141–158

16. On the Significance of Maps for Research into Legal History, in: *Archivhefte*, ed. by the Rhineland Regional Association, Rhineland Archive Advisory Centre No. 16, Cologne 1985, pp. 9–19

17. Common land and common pasture rights during the transition from the 18th to the 19th century, in: Law, Court, Cooperative and Policy. Studies on Fundamental Concepts of German Legal History in the Field of Language and Literature. Symposium in Honour of Adalbert Erler, ed. by G. Dilcher and B. Diestelkamp, Berlin 1986, pp. 139–149. [This essay is an initial analysis of three legal-historical expert reports for the town of Bedburg]:

a) Legal opinion on the question of the town of Bedburg’s payment obligations arising from the marshland assets of the Bedburg Marsh (known as ‘Bedburg Switzerland’), dated 1 December 1982, typewritten, 63 pages and appendices

b) Legal opinion on the question of the Town of Bedburg’s payment obligations arising from the marshland assets of the Morken-Harffer Marsh, dated 31 January 1984, typewritten, 69 pages and appendices.

c) Legal opinion on ownership and rights of use of the Winkelheimer Heide in Bedburg, dated 18 June 1984, typewritten, 80 pages and appendices.

18. Legal capacity and personal freedom. On the legal history of Section 310 of the German Civil Code (BGB), in: Festschrift for Klemens Pleyer on his 65th birthday, ed. by P. Hofmann, U. Meyer-Cording and H. Wiedemann, Cologne 1986, pp. 485–496

19. Law and Grace in the Context of the Reformation, in: Liber Amicorum. Professor Dr Herbert Frost on his 65th Birthday, Cologne 1986, pp. 127–144

20. The Development of the Faculty of Law in Cologne up to the Year 1600, in: Humanism and the Higher Faculties, edited by G. Keil, B. Moeller and W. Trusen (Communication XIV of the Commission for Humanism Research of the German Research Foundation), Weinheim 1987, pp. 43–64

21. The Primacy and the Cardinalate. The Incorporation of the plenitudo potestatis into the Papal Election Capitulations, in: Proceedings of the 26th German Congress of Legal Historians, ed. by D. Simon (Ius Commune, Special Issues: Studies in European Legal History, Vol. 30), Frankfurt am Main 1987, pp. 109–127

22. On the History of the Cologne Bar 1887–1987, in: 100 Years of the Cologne Bar Association. Commemorative volume edited by O. Bussenius, M. Hüttemann, G. Schwend, Cologne 1987, pp. 17–126

23. The Prussian State and the Catholic Church (1786–1806), in: Post-Frederician Prussia 1786–1806, edited by H. Hattenhauer and G. Landwehr (Motive-Texte-Materialien Vol. 46), Heidelberg 1988, pp. 383–403

24. 600 Years of Law Studies in Cologne. From the History of the Faculty of Law, in: Festschrift of the Faculty of Law to mark the 600th anniversary of the University of Cologne, Cologne 1988, pp. 3–30

25. The Villication Constitution and the Development of Municipal Law, in: Manorialism and the Emergence of Towns on the Lower Rhine, ed. by K. Flink and W. Janssen (= Klever Archiv. Series of the Kleve City Archives, Vol. 9), Kleve 1989, pp. 23–35

26. Judicial Eloquence. A Contribution to the Relationship between Law and Language, in: State, Church and Science in a Pluralistic Society. Festschrift for the 65th Birthday of Paul Mikat, ed. by D. Schwab et al., Berlin 1989, pp. 45–54

27. Cologne’s City Treaties in the Pre-Hanseatic Period, in: Hansische Geschichtsblätter 107, Cologne–Vienna 1989, pp. 1–13

28. Law, Equity and Mercy in European Legal History, in: Humanistische Bildung, Issue 13 (Stuttgart 1989), pp. 45–64

29. Aspects of the History of Canon Law, in: Factors Stabilising Marriage. Divisions presented at the symposium of the Joachim Jungius Society of Sciences, Hamburg, 20–21 October 1989, ed. by G. Seifert, Göttingen 1990, pp. 87–99

30. Senatus episcopi. The Legal Status of Cathedral Chapters in History and the Present, in: Annual and Conference Report of the Görres Society 1989, n.p., 1990, pp. 33–54

31. The Significance of the Latin Language for the Constitution and Law of the Roman Church, in: Language – Law – History, ed. by H. Hattenhauer, Heidelberg 1991, pp. 25–36

32. The Bavarian Rhine Palatinate and Rhenish Law, in: Siebenpfeiffer and his Era in the Context of Legal History, ed. by E. Wadle (Publications of the Siebenpfeiffer Foundation, Vol. 1), Sigmaringen 1991, pp. 19–33

33. The Problem of Episcopal Appointments in Church History, in: State and Political Parties. Festschrift for Rudolf Morsey on his 65th Birthday, ed. by K.D. Bracher et al., Berlin 1992, pp. 255–273

34. The Papal Election Capitulations in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period, in: *Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis*, No. 1384, *Prawa CCXII*, Wrocław 1992, pp. 15–28

35. Alfred Ludwig Wieruszowski, in: German Lawyers of Jewish Origin, ed. by H.C. Helmut Heinrichs et al., Munich 1993, pp. 403–413 (Japanese translation, Hachiōji 2012, pp. 613–629)

36. The Bornheimer Berg Court, in: Transmission, Preservation and Interpretation in Legal History Research (Ekkehard Kaufmann on his 70th birthday), ed. by St. Buchholz et al., Paderborn, Munich, Vienna, Zurich 1993, pp. 1–21

37. In memoriam Adalbert Erler, in: Journal of the Savigny Foundation for Legal History, Canon Law Department, Vol. 79 (1993), pp. 559–561

38. The Imperial Church around 1800, in: The Holy Roman Empire and Modern Statehood, edited by W. Brauneder (Series on Legal History, Vol. 112), Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, New York, Paris, Vienna 1993, pp. 147–159

39. The Popes’ Election Promises. The Control of Papal Power by the Cardinals, in: A Glimpse into Academia, Research Magazine of the University of Regensburg, Issue 3, Vol. 2, 1993, pp. 46–53

40. Adoption – Engagement – Marriage. The integration of the individual into civil law in Kleist, in: Kleist-Jahrbuch 1993, ed. by H. J. Kreutzer, Stuttgart – Weimar 1993, pp. 75–88

41. Pacta conventa (electoral capitulations) in the secular and ecclesiastical states of Europe, in: Faith and Oath. Formulas of Allegiance, Creeds and Social Discipline between the Middle Ages and the Modern Era, ed. by Paolo Prodi (Publications of the Historical College, Colloquia 28), Munich 1993, pp. 1–9

42. The Saint and the Law, in: Politics and the Veneration of Saints in the High Middle Ages, ed. by J. Petersohn (Lectures and Research, published by the Constance Working Group for Medieval History 42, Sigmaringen 1994, pp. 53–70

43. The Struggle for the Return of Lost Archival Material: On the Weaknesses of the Civil Law System, in: *Archivmitteilungen*. Journal of Archival Science, Archival Source Studies and auxiliary sciences of history 43 (1994), pp. 47–49

44. Nationes, Bursen, Collegia, Corporations: 600 Years of University History as Reflected in Student Societies, in: Der Phönix. Corps newspaper of the Jenenser Franken, Issue 52, Winter Term 1994/95, pp. 58–71

45. The Truce of Regensburg, in: Regensburger Almanach 1995, Vol. 28, ed. by Ernst Emmerig and Konrad M. Färber, pp. 59–66

46. The State’s Monopoly on the Use of Force and the Safety of the Citizen. The Eternal Peace – 500 Years Ago, in: Neue Juristische Wochenschrift 1995, pp. 2077–2081

47. Where is the University of Regensburg? An assessment of its position from a legal-historical perspective, in: Regensburg University Newspaper 1995/3, pp. 3–4, 1995/4, pp. 19–20 and 1995/5, pp. 4–5

48. Neo-paganism and legal history, in: German Legal History during the Nazi Era. Its Prehistory and After-effects, ed. by Joachim Rückert and Dietmar Willoweit, Tübingen 1995, pp. 7–29

49. The Influence of the ius commune on German Royal Election Law, in: *Pocta Prof. JUDr. Karlu Malému, DrSc., k 65. narozeninám*, Festschrift for Karel Maly on his 65th birthday, ed. by Ladislav Soukup, Prague 1995, pp. 59–67

50. Rights to historical archival records: ownership and cultural heritage protection, in: *Der Archivar*. Newsletter for German Archival Science, Supplement 1: Archives and Society. Divisions from the 66th German Archives Day 1995 in Hamburg, Siegburg 1996, pp. 234–250. (Slovenian translation: Rights to Old Archival Materials: Property and the Protection of Cultural Heritage, in: Arhivi. Bulletin of the Archival Society and Archives of Slovenia, Vol. XIX, Ljubljana 1996, pp. 84–89)

51. Wilhelm Traugott Krug and Heinrich von Kleist, in: Kleist Yearbook 1996, ed. by H. J. Kreutzer, Stuttgart–Weimar 1996, pp. 35–50

52. The Symbolism of the Imperial Regalia, in: The Imperial Regalia. Symbols of Sovereignty of the Holy Roman Empire, ed. by the Society for Staufian History e.V., Göppingen 1997, pp. 146–161

53. The Changing Virtues of Rulers. On Mozart’s Coronation Opera ‘La clemenza di Tito’, in: The Impact of European Legal Culture, Festschrift for Karl Kroeschell on his 70th Birthday, ed. by G. Köbler and H. Nehlsen, Munich 1997, pp. 1–16

54. The Dispute Among Jurists: Nicholas of Cusa in the Controversy with Duke Sigismund 1460–1464, in: Nikolaus von Kues as a Canonist and Legal Historian, Communications and Research Papers of the Cusanus Society, Vol. 24, ed. by K. Kremer and K. Reinhardt, Trier 1998, pp. 81–103

55. Canon Law in the Pre-Reformation Era, in: Law and Constitution in the Transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Era, Part I (Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences Göttingen, Phil.-Hist. Class III 228), ed. by H. Boockmann, L. Grenzmann, B. Moeller and M. Staehlin, Göttingen 1998, pp. 9–24

56. The State Ship of Regensburg. Interpretation of a Political Image, in: A Glimpse into Science, Research Magazine of the University of Regensburg, Issue 11, Vol. 8, 1999, pp. 12–15

57. Traces of Canon Law in the Civil Code, in: R. Zimmermann (ed.), Legal History and Private Law Dogmatics (Festschrift for H. Seiler), Heidelberg 1999, pp. 159–169

58. Germany as a Legal Problem. On the constitutional-historical work of Otto Kimminich, in: Andreas Hoyer (ed.), In Memory of Otto Kimminich, Baden-Baden 2000, pp. 11–17

59. From the Order of the Tribal Duchy to the Modern Constitutional State. Trends in the development of federal, estates-based and religious constitutional structures, in: Bavaria – Germania – Europe – History in Bavarian, Publications on Bavarian History and Culture 42/2000, House of Bavarian History, Augsburg, pp. 34–39

60. The Stone Bridge in Regensburg as a ‘legal person’, in: Colloquia for Dieter Schwab on his 65th birthday, edited by Diethelm Klippel in collaboration with Hans-Jürgen Becker and Reinhard Zimmermann, Bielefeld 2000, pp. 105–116

61. The right to be heard. The contribution of canon law to the emergence of a fundamental principle of modern procedural law, in: On the Maintenance of Good Order. Essays on the History of Law and Justice: Festschrift for Wolfgang Sellert on his 65th Birthday, Böhlau Verlag, Cologne–Weimar–Vienna 2000, pp. 67–83

62. The Carolingian Empire as a precursor to the Holy Roman Empire, in: Reinhard C. Maier-Walser and B. Rill (eds.), The European Idea. Background and Finality (Special Edition of the Hanns Seidel Foundation’s Political Studies), no place, no date [Munich 2000], pp. 64–73

63. The ‘Burgfrieden’ of the Imperial City of Regensburg. A legal-historical study, in: Franz Dorn and Jan Schröder (eds.), Festschrift for Gerd Kleinheyer on his 70th birthday, Heidelberg 2001, pp. 21–33

64. Tax – Citizens – Law. Aspects of legal history, in: Ceremonial proceedings on the occasion of the 65th birthday of Professor Dr Jens Peter Meincke, Rector of the University of Cologne, Cologne 2001, pp. 24–32

65. The State as Reflected in State Encyclopaedias. A Comparison of the Evangelical State Encyclopaedia and the State Encyclopaedia of the Görres Society, in: Historical Yearbook of the Görres Society, Vol. 121, Freiburg im Breisgau 2001, pp. 367–399

66. Papal Legislation and Plans for the Codification of Canon Law in the 15th and 16th Centuries, in: Law and Constitution in the Transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Era, Part II, ed. by H. Boockmann, L. Grenzmann, B. Moeller and M. Staehlin, Göttingen 2001, pp. 277–295

67. Law and Politics at the Perpetual Imperial Diet in Regensburg, in: Imperial City and the Perpetual Imperial Diet (1663–1806), Thurn und Taxis Studies 20, ed. by the Prince of Thurn und Taxis Central Archive and Court Library, Kallmünz 2001, pp. 235–253

68. The Empire of Ludwig of Bavaria, in: Hermann Nehlsen, Hans-Georg Hermann (eds.), Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian. Conflicts, Decisive Moments and the Perception of his Reign (Sources and Research in the Field of History, New Series, Issue 22), Paderborn 2002, pp. 119–138

69. In memoriam: Karl Siegfried Bader 1905–1998, in: Journal of the Savigny Foundation for Legal History, Canon Law Department, Vol. 119, 2002, pp. 532–534

70. The Congress Dances – But Not Here. The Imperial Deputation’s Main Resolution at Regensburg in 1803 as a Turning Point in European History, in: A Glimpse into Academia, Issue 14, Vol. 11, 2002, pp. 30–39

71. Federalism as a Constant in German Constitutional History, in: Jörn Eckert (ed.), The Practical Use of Legal History. Festschrift for Hans Hattenhauer on 8 September 2001, Heidelberg 2003, pp. 23–38

72. Co-operatives at the City Gates, in: City – Municipality – Co-operative. Festschrift for Gerhard Dilcher on his 70th Birthday, ed. by Albrecht Cordes, Joachim Rückert, Reiner Schulze, Berlin 2003, pp. 185–199

73. The Downfall of the Imperial Church in 1803 and Efforts to Make a Fresh Start in State Church Law, in: Civil Liberty and Christian Responsibility. Festschrift for Christoph Link on his 70th birthday, ed. by Heinrich de Wall and Michael German, Tübingen 2003, pp. 547–555

74. Upheaval in Central Europe. The Imperial Deputation’s Main Resolution of 1803, in: 1803 – A Turning Point in the Heart of Europe – From the Feudal to the Civil Age, ed. by Peter Schmid and Klemens Unger, Regensburg 2003, pp. 17–34

75. Electoral Capitulation and Law, in: Law and Treaty I. 11th Symposium of the Commission ‘The Function of Law in History and the Present’ on 10 and 11 May 2002, edited by Okko Behrends and Christian Starck (Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class, 3rd Series, Volume 262), Göttingen 2004, pp. 91–106

76. The Town Hall and the Jurisdiction in Sulzbach, in: Johannes Hartmann and Elisabeth Vogl (eds.), The Town Hall of Sulzbach-Rosenberg. Commemorative publication marking the reopening (Publication series of the Sulzbach-Rosenberg Town Museum and Town Archives, Vol. 20), Sulzbach-Rosenberg 2004, pp. 79–85

77. The so-called ‘Emperor’s Clause’ (Section 1588 of the German Civil Code), in: Perspectives on Family Law, Festschrift for Dieter Schwab on his 70th birthday, ed. by S. Hofer, D. Klippel, U. Walter, Gieseking Verlag 2005, pp. 269–285

78. Freedom of Religion in Europe: Main Trends and Common Developments, in: Freedom of Religion in Central and East European Countries between Tradition and Europeanisation, Regensburg Contributions to Constitutional and Administrative Law, ed. by G. Manssen, Peter Lang Verlag 2006, pp. 9–23

79. The Significance of Ius Canonicum for the Development of Law in Europe: Karl Siegfried Bader’s Contribution to Research into the History of Ecclesiastical Law, in: Zeitschrift für Rechtsgeschichte (Canon Law Department) 92 (2006), pp. 687–693

80. Municipal Constitution, Courts and Law-Making in Late Medieval Regensburg, in: Peter Schmid (ed.), Regensburg in the Late Middle Ages. An Overview and New Directions (Forum Mittelalter Studien Vol. 2), Regensburg 2007, pp. 177–188

81. A New State Patron for Bohemia: The Constitutional Law Dimension of the Cult of John of Nepomuk in the 18th Century, in: Karel Malý and Ladislav Soukup (eds.), The Development of Czech Constitutionalism, 1618–1918, Prague 2006, pp. 215–231

82. The Project of a European Union in 1464. King George of Podiebrad of Bohemia and his ‘Peace Alliance’, in: W. Chr. Lohse and J. Mittlmeier (eds.), The Origins of Europe. Mythology and Modernity (Festschrift published by the University of Regensburg to mark the 50th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome), Regensburg 2007, pp. 29–40

83. The Sacra Rota Romana in the Early Modern Period, in: Leopold Auer, Werner Ogris and Eva Ortlieb (eds.), Supreme Courts in Europe. Building Blocks of Early Modern Legal Systems (Sources and Research on the Highest Jurisdiction in the Old Empire 53), Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2007, pp. 1–18

84. The Peace of Venice in 1177 and the Emergence of the Papal Church: The Beginnings of Public Law. Legislation in the Age of Frederick Barbarossa and Scholastic Law (Gli inizi del diritto pubblico), edited by Gerhard Dilcher and Diego Quaglioni, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, and Società editrice il Mulino, Bologna, 2007, pp. 261–280

85. Holy Patron Saints. The Emergence and Function of a Modern Canon Law Institution, in: Stefan Samerski (ed.), The Renaissance of National Patrons: Cultures of Remembrance in East-Central Europe in the 20th and 21st Centuries, Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2007, pp. 27–40

86. The Fate of the Jewish Community in Regensburg from a Legal-Historical Perspective. Printed version of the lecture manuscript in: A Lawyer in a State of Injustice. Hans Calmeyer’s Administrative Law Resistance from 1941 to 1945. Travelling exhibition at Regensburg Regional Court, 23 February to 20 March 2007, no place or date, pp. 48–60. Edited version: ‘The Fate of the Jewish Community in Regensburg from a Legal-Historical Perspective’, in: Proceedings of the Historical Society for the Upper Palatinate and Regensburg, Vol. 147 (2007), pp. 47–67

87. Approaches to church reform in the papal election capitulations of 1458 (Pius II), 1454 (Paul II) and 1471 (Sixtus IV), in: Jürgen Dendorfer and Claudia Märtl (eds.), After the Council of Basel. The Reorganisation of the Church between Conciliarism and Monarchical Papacy (c. 1415–1475), LIT Verlag, Münster 2008, pp. 331–356

88. Papal Legislation and the Papal Claim to Legislative Authority from Innocent III to Innocent IV, in: Gerhard Dilcher and Diego Quaglioni (eds.), The Beginnings of Public Law, Vol. 2: From Frederick Barbarossa to Frederick II, Bologna – Berlin 2008, pp. 157–193

89. Defensor et patronus. City saints as representatives of a medieval town, in: Jörg Oberste (ed.), Representations of the Medieval Town (Forum Mittelalter – Studien 4), Regensburg 2008, pp. 45–63

90. Judicial Organisation and Architecture. On the History of Courthouses, in: Tiziana J. Chiusi, Thomas Gergen and Heike Jung (eds.), Law and its Historical Foundations. Festschrift for Elmar Wadle on his 70th Birthday (Schriften zur legal history 139), Berlin 2008, pp. 11–22

91. The City Curia at the Perpetual Imperial Diet in Regensburg as a Legal Form, in: Andreas Otto Weber (ed.), Municipal Norms – Standardised Cities. On the Planning and Regularity of Urban Life and Regional Development between the Middle Ages and the Modern Era (The City in History. Publications of the South-West German Working Group for Urban Historical Research, ed. by Ernst Otto Bräunche and Bernd Roeck, vol. 34), Ostfildern 2009, pp. 145–161

92. The Position of Canon Law towards People of Other Faiths: Pagans, Jews and Heretics, in: Ludger Grenzmann, Thomas Haye, Nikolaus Henkel and Thomas Kaufmann (eds.), Mutual Perceptions of Religions in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period, Part I: Fundamental Conceptual Issues and Case Studies (Pagans, Barbarians, Jews). (Treatises of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences, New Series, Vol. 4), Berlin – New York 2009, pp. 101–123

93. Cardinal Giovanni Battista de Luca (1613–1683) and the Sacra Rota Romana, in: Journal of the Savigny Foundation for Legal History, Canon Law Department, Vol. 126 (2009), pp. 313–340

94. The handover of Regensburg to Bavaria. Regensburg becomes Bavarian – but first French, in: Hans-Jürgen Becker and Konrad Maria Färber (eds.), Regensburg Becomes Bavarian. A Reader, Regensburg 2009, pp. 23–32

95. The Cult of Charlemagne in Regensburg, in: Harald Derschka, Rainer Hausmann and Martin Löhnig (eds.), Festschrift for Wolfgang Strätz on his 70th Birthday, Regenstauf 2009, pp. 15–38

96. The Amberg Hospital in the Context of the History of Foundation Law, in: Johannes Laschinger (ed.), From Ammenberg to Amberg. Historical Lectures on 975 Years of Amberg’s History, Amberg 2010, pp. 20–39

97. Opus pontis – The City and the Bridge in the Middle Ages. Legal-historical aspects illustrated by the example of the Stone Bridge in Regensburg, in: Journal of Bavarian History, Vol. 73, Munich 2010, pp. 355–370

98. Secular and Religious Elements in the Legal Thought of Western Christendom, in: Lothar Gall and Dietmar Willoweit (eds.), Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the Course of History: Exchange and Conflicts (Publications of the Historisches Kolleg, Colloquia 82), Munich 2011, pp. 261–281

99. The Tension between the Empire, the Papacy and the Council from the Perspective of Konrad von Megenberg, in: Edith Feistner (ed.), Konrad von Megenberg (1309–1374): a late medieval ‘encyclopaedist’ in the European context (Yearbook of the Oswald von Wolkenstein Society 18), Wiesbaden 2011, pp. 329–344

100. The Perception of Old Bohemia and the New Czechoslovakia in German Literature on Constitutional and Legal History during the Interwar Period, in: Karel Malý and Ladislav Soukup (eds.), Czechoslovak Law and Legal Science in the Interwar Period (1918–1938) and Their Place in Central Europe, Vol. 2, Prague 2010, pp. 1140–1151

101. Church and State 200 Years Ago: The ‘Belated’ Secularisation in Regensburg in 1810, in: Journal of the Savigny Foundation for Legal History, Canon Law Department, Vol. 128, 2011, pp. 199–218 (Church and State 200 Years Ago: Secularisation in Regensburg in 1810, in: Regensburger Dombauverein e.V. (ed.), Regensburg Cathedral Builders’ Conference 2010, Regensburg 2011, pp. 223–230; abridged but illustrated version of the lecture)

102. The Status and Significance of Sources on the History of Canon Law for Law Research, in: Hanns Peter Neuheuser (ed.), Pragmatic Sources of Ecclesiastical Legal History (Rechtsgeschichtliche Schriften 28), Cologne–Weimar–Vienna 2011, 19–37

103. Legal-historical aspects in the work of Franz Xaver von Schönwerth. Legal antiquities and legal proverbs, in: Daniel Drascek et al. (eds.), Schönwerth – ‘collected with such a keen ear’. New Perspectives on Franz Xaver von Schönwerth (1810–1886) and his Research into Everyday Culture in the Upper Palatinate, Regensburg 2011, pp. 67–84

104. Pope – Council – College of Cardinals. The Struggle for Supreme Authority in the Church in the 15th and 16th Centuries, in: Gerhard Dilcher and Diego Quaglioni (eds.), The Beginnings of Public Law, Vol. 3: Towards the Establishment of Public Law between the Middle Ages and the Modern Era, Bologna–Berlin 2011, pp. 27–54

105. Approaches to the Formation of Urban Centres in the Old Empire. On the Territorial Policy of the Imperial Cities of Frankfurt am Main and Nuremberg, in: Jörg Oberste (ed.), Metropolitanism in the Pre-Modern Era. The Changing Construction of Urban Centrality (Forum Mittelalter, Studies Vol. 7), Regensburg 2012, pp. 119–137

106. The Development of the ‘Appellation’ in Canon Law: From the Classical Period to the Post-Tridentine Era, in: Leopold Auer – Eva Ortlieb (eds.), Appeal and Revision in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Contributions to the Legal History of Austria, Vol. 1, 3rd Series), Vienna 2013, pp. 11–25

107. Hans Planitz (1882–1954). Research into the History of German Private and Enforcement Law and the Legal History of the Medieval City, in: Steffen Augsberg and Andreas Funke (eds.), Cologne Jurists in the 20th Century. Contributions to a Lecture Series at the University of Cologne, Summer Semester 2010 and Winter Semester 2010/2011, Tübingen 2013, pp. 75–99

108. Who Owns Speyer Cathedral? On the Legal History of Speyer Cathedral since the End of the 18th Century, in: Archive for Middle Rhine Church History 65 (2013), pp. 281–337

109. The Development of the Municipal Charters of Nuremberg and Augsburg and Their Influence on Municipal Charters in the Kingdoms of Bohemia and Hungary, in: *Městské právo ve střední* – contributions from the international legal conference ‘Práva městská Království čského’ held on 19–21 September, Prague, edited by Karel Malý and Jiří Šouša Jr., Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press 2013, pp. 318–330

110. The prohibition of interest in the Latin Middle Ages, in: Matthias Casper, Norbert Oberauer and Fabian Wittreck (eds.), What Remains of Usury: Prohibitions on Interest in Historical and Intercultural Comparison, Tübingen 2014, pp. 15–45

111. The Environs of the Great Imperial Cities and the ‘Contado’ of the Northern Italian Cities: A Comparison, in: Susanne Lepsius, Reiner Schulze and Bern Kannowski (eds.), Law – History – Historiography. Legal and Constitutional History in German–Italian Discourse (Essays on Fundamental Law Research. Munich University Publications. Faculty of Law 95), Berlin 2014, pp. 117–127

112. Ownership of the Three Rhenish Cathedrals in Cologne, Aachen, Mainz, Trier and Speyer, in: Journal of the Savigny Foundation for Legal History, Canon Law Department, Vol. 100 (2014), pp. 368–406

113. Papal Electoral Capitulations, in: Electoral Capitulations in Europe, ed. by Heinz Duchhardt (Publications of the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences 95), Göttingen 2015, pp. 13–33

114. The Development of the Discipline of German Legal History: The Case of Karl Friedrich Eichhorn (1781–1854), Heinrich Brunner (1840–1915) and Hans Planitz (1882–1954) [The Development of the Discipline of German Legal History as Exemplified by K. F. Eichhorn, H. Brunner and H. Planitz], in: The Formation of National Legal History as a Discipline in Central Europe / Formování vědního oboru národních právních dějin ve střední Evropě, edited by Karel Malý and Jiri Souša (Pravnéhistorickě Studie 45/1), Prague (Karolinum) 2015, pp . 69–78

115. The Gifted Talisman. On the legal history of the so-called talisman of Charlemagne, in: civil law and tax law, Acquisition by reason of death and gift. Festschrift for Jens Peter Meincke on his 80th birthday, ed. by Karlheinz Muscheler and Reinhard Zimmermann, Munich 2015, pp. 35–48

116. Konrad von Gelnhausen and the Great Western Schism. The Professor of Canon Law as a Pioneer of the Via concilii for Resolving the Schism: in: Gelnhäuser Geschichtsblätter 2014/2015, pp. 5–53

117. From oral to written, from written to oral proceedings. The French Revolution as a renaissance of oral proceedings in court, in: Tonio Walter (ed.), Oral Proceedings in Legal Life (4th Interdisciplinary and International Conference of the Language and Law Working Group at the University of Regensburg on 26 and 27 April 2012), Tübingen 2016, pp. 103–117

118. The Abolition of the Rights of the Augsburg Cathedral Chapter in the Town and Castle Peace of Straubing in 1536. A Contribution to the Legal History of the Town of Straubing, in: 800 Years of the Town of Straubing. A Cosmos of History and Art, edited by Albert Dietl and Alfons Huber, on behalf of the Historical Society for Straubing and the Surrounding Area (Special Volume 6/1), Straubing 2018, pp. 13–39

119. The Majority Principle in Ecclesiastical Elections, in: *Annuarium Historiae Conciliorum* 49 (2020), pp. 162–195

120. A chapter from the history of commercial jurisdiction in Regensburg: The office of the Hansgraf and its manifold transformations, in: Trade, Law and the Courts in the Middle Ages and the Modern Era. The Imperial City of Nuremberg in a Regional and European Context, ed. by Anja Amend-Traut, Hans-Joachim Hecker and Hans-Georg Hermann (Nürnberger Forschungen 32), Nuremberg 2021, pp. 83–121

121. Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages, in: Judges, Magistrates, Adjudicative Bodies. Decision-Making and Decision-Making Mechanisms in European Legal Culture (Sources and Research on the Highest Jurisdiction in the Old Empire 75), edited by Anja Amend-Traut, Ignacio Czeguhn and Peter Oertmann, Göttingen 2021, pp. 195–212

122. Paul Mikat (1924–2011), in: Contemporary History in Biographical Sketches. Catholic Figures of the 20th and 21st Centuries, ed. by J. Aretz, T. Brechenmacher and S. Mückl, Münster 2022, pp. 139–149

123. Sebastian Brant and the Canon Law of His Time, in: Sebastian Brant (1457–1521). European Knowledge in the Hands of an Early Modern Intellectual, ed. by Peter Andersen and Nikolaus Henkel (Cultural Topology of the Alemannic Region, Vol. 13), Berlin/Boston 2023, pp. 179–220

124. How does one get rid of a queen? The dispute over Henry VIII’s‘divorce’1427–1533 and its consequences (forthcoming)

125. Simutaneen: Legal Constructs between Heaven and Earth, Church and State (forthcoming)

126. The Cardinal Protector caught between representing his client’s interests and the papal curia’s claim to authority (forthcoming)

IV. Contributions to academic handbooks and reference works

1. “Hermann Conring”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, ed. by A. Erler and E. Kaufmann, Vol. 1, 3rd instalment, Berlin 1966, col. 633 ff.

2. “Durantis”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 1, 4th instalment, Berlin 1967, col. 790 ff.

3. “Edictum Theoderici”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 1, 4th instalment, Berlin 1967, col. 801 ff.

4. “Formula, Form, Collection of Formulas”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 1, 5th instalment, Berlin 1968, col. 1157 ff.

5. “Friedberg, Emil”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 1, 5th instalment, Berlin 1968, col. 1274.

6. “Bonagrazia da Bergamo”, in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Vol. 11, Rome 1969, col. 505–508

7. “Herrschaftsvertrag”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 9th instalment, Berlin 1972, col. 108 ff.

8. “Hippolithus a Lapide (Bogislaw Philipp Chemnitz)”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 9th instalment, Berlin 1972, col. 163 ff.

9. “Force majeure”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 9th instalment, Berlin 1872, col. 216 ff.

10. “Hostensis”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 9th instalment, Berlin 1972, col. 244 ff.

11. “Brossano, Simone da”, in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Vol. 14, Rome 1972, pp. 470 ff.

12. “Investiture”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 10th instalment, Berlin 1973, col. 403 ff.

13. “Jordanus of Osnabrück”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 10th instalment, Berlin 1973, col. 424

14. “Calderini, Giovanni” and “Calderini, Caaspare the Elder”, in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Vol. 1, Rome 1973, pp. 605 ff.

15. “Opicino de Canistris”, in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Vol. 18, Rome 1976, pp. 116 ff.

16. “Imperial Coronation”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 11th instalment, Berlin 1974, col. 555 ff.

17. “Canon Law”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 11th instalment, Berlin 1974, col. 592 et seq.

18. “Church property”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 11th instalment, Berlin 1974, col. 753 ff.

19. “Papal States”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 11th instalment, Berlin 1974, col. 824 ff.

20. “Klerus”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 12th instalment, Berlin 1974, col. 876 ff.

21 “Class-based justice”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 12th instalment, Berlin 1974, col. 858 ff.

22. “Koadjutor”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 12th instalment, Berlin 1974, col. 905 et seq.

23. “Prohibition on Commentary and Interpretation”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 12th instalment, Berlin 1974, col. 963 ff.

24. “Conciliar appeal”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 13th instalment, Berlin 1975, col. 1139 ff.

25. “Electoral League”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 14th instalment, Berlin 1976, col. 1310 ff.

26. “Kurfürstenrat”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 14th instalment, Berlin 1976, col. 1290 ff.

27. “Laienpfründe”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 14th instalment, Berlin 1976, col. 1353–1355.

28. “Laudemium”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 15th instalment, Berlin 1977, col. 1643 ff.

29. “Lex legum”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 16th instalment, Berlin 1978, col. 1922 ff.

30. “Licet iuris”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 16th instalment, Berlin 1978, col. 2001 ff.

31. “Lex Romana canonice compta”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 16th instalment, Berlin 1978, col. 1934 et seq.

32. “Aequitas”, in: Encyclopaedia of the Middle Ages, Vol. 1, Munich and Zurich 1978, col. 184 ff.

33. “Asyl”, in: Encyclopaedia of the Middle Ages, Vol. 1, Munich and Zurich 1977, col. 1157 ff.2

34. “Liga”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 16th instalment, Berlin 1978, col. 2022 ff.

35. “Mandat”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 17th instalment, Berlin 1978, col. 230 ff.

36. “Cavallini, Gaspare”, in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Vol. 22, Rome 1979, pp. 773 ff.

37. “Principle of majority”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 18th instalment, Berlin 1979, col. 431 ff.

38. “Protection of minorities”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 18th instalment, Berlin 1979, col. 568 ff.

39. “Minorities”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 18th instalment, Berlin 1979, col. 593 ff.

40. “Monarchia Sicula”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 19th instalment, Berlin 1980, col. 624 et seq.

41. “Mühlhäuser Reichsrechtsbuch”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 19th instalment, Berlin 1980, col. 722 ff.

42. “Natio”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 20th instalment, 1981, col. 862 ff.

43. “Neumünster Parish Customs”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 20th instalment, Berlin 1981, col. 957

44. “Nikolaus von Kues”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 20th instalment, Berlin 1981, col. 1014 ff.

45. “Nominatio”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 20th instalment, Berlin 1981, col. 1023 ff.

46. “Oblatio puerorum”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 21st instalment, Berlin 1982, col. 1170

47. “Ockham, Wilhelm von”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 21st instalment, Berlin 1982, col. 1175 ff.

48. “Olenschlager”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 21st instalment, Berlin 1982, col. 1293 et seq.

49. “Ordines der Kaiserkrönung”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 22nd instalment, Berlin 1983, col. 1289 ff.

50. “Ordre public”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 22nd instalment, Berlin 1983, col. 1301 ff.

51. “Pataria”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 22nd instalment, Berlin 1983, col. 1529 ff.

52. “Partikularrecht”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 22nd instalment, Berlin 1983, col. 1523 ff.

53. “Patrozinium”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 23rd instalment, Berlin 1983, col. 1564 ff.

54. “Pavia”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 23rd instalment, Berlin 1983, col. 1568 ff.

55. “Peterspfennig”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 23rd instalment, Berlin 1983, col. 1638 et seq.

56. “Right of personality”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 23rd instalment, Berlin 1983, col. 1626 ff.

57. “Pfründe”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 23rd instalment, Berlin 1983, col. 1743 ff.

58. “Philipp von Leyden”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 23rd instalment, Berlin 1983, col. 1746 ff.

59. “Pietas”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 23rd instalment, Berlin 1983, col. 1753 et seq.

60. “Planitz, Hans”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 23rd instalment, Berlin 1983, col. 1767 ff.

61. “Political Clause”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 24th instalment, Berlin 1984, col. 1792 ff.

62. “Political Trials”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 24th instalment, Berlin 1984, col. 1796 ff.

63. “Pragmatic Sanction”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 24th instalment, Berlin 1984, col. 1864 ff.

64. “Precedent”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 24th instalment, Berlin 1984, col. 1866 ff.

65. “Presbyter”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 24th instalment, Berlin 1984, col. 1901

66. “Primas”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 24th instalment, Berlin 1984, col. 1948 ff.

67. “Profeß”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 24th instalment, Berlin 1984, col. 2028 ff.

68. “Promptuarium iuris”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 24th instalment, Berlin 1984, col. 2034 et seq.

69. “Protest”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 24th instalment, Berlin 1984, col. 2042 ff.

70. “Custom/Customary Law III: Ecclesiastical History”, in: Theological Real Encyclopaedia, Vol. XIII, Issue 1/2, Berlin–New York 1984, pp. 248 ff.

71. “Delegated Royal Jurisdiction”, in: Encyclopaedia of the Middle Ages, Vol. 3, Munich and Zurich 1985, col. 669.

72. “Legal Unity”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, Issue 26, Berlin 1986, col. 282 ff.

73. “Legal ritual”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 26th instalment, Berlin 1986, col. 337 ff.

74. “Reichenau Formula Books”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 27th instalment, Berlin 1986, col. 518 ff.

75. “Reichsdeputationshauptschluß”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 27th instalment, Berlin 1986, col. 554 ff.

76. “Imperial Public Documents (Middle Ages)”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 27th instalment, Berlin 1986, col. 716 ff.

77. “Res sacrae”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 28th instalment, Berlin 1987, col. 925 ff.

78. “Papal Reservations”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 28th instalment, Berlin 1987, col. 929 ff.

79. “Republica christiana”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 28th instalment, Berlin 1987, col. 938 ff.

80. “Rhenish Law”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 28th instalment, Berlin 1987, col. 1021 ff.

81. “Forum (General)”, in: Encyclopaedia of the Middle Ages, Vol. 4, 3rd instalment, Munich and Zurich 1987, col. 667.

82. “Ring”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 29th instalment, Berlin 1988, col. 1069 et seq.

83. “Römerzug”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 29th instalment, Berlin 1988, col. 1125 ff.

84. “Sakrament”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 29th instalment, Berlin 1988, col. 1262 ff.

85. “Friede” (in the context of legal history), in: Encyclopaedia of the Middle Ages, Vol. 4, 5th instalment, Munich and Zurich 1988, col. 919 ff.

86. “Gnade, Gnadenrecht”, in: Encyclopaedia of the Middle Ages, Vol. IV, 6th instalment, Munich and Zurich 1988, col. 1521 ff.

87. “Trial by Ordeal”, in: Encyclopaedia of the Middle Ages, Vol. IV, 7th instalment, Munich and Zurich 1988, col. 1594 ff.

88. “Schard, Simon”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 30th instalment, Berlin 1988, col. 1357 ff.

89. “Power of the Keys, in canon law”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 30th instalment, Berlin 1988, col. 1450 ff.

90. “Scholasticism”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 30th instalment, Berlin 1988, col. 1478 ff.

91. “Schreinsbuch, Schreinskarte”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 30th instalment, Berlin 1988, col. 1496 ff.

92. “Tolerance”, in: Staatslexikon, ed. by the Görres Society, vol. 5, 7th ed., Freiburg–Basel–Vienna 1989, col. 485 ff.

93. “Seelgerät”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 31st instalment, Berlin 1989, col. 1592.

94. “Send, Sendgericht”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, vol. 4, 31st instalment, Berlin 1989, col. 1630 ff.

95. “Spital”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 31st instalment, Berlin 1989, col. 1776 ff.

96. “Spolienrecht”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 31st instalment, Berlin 1989, col. 1779 et seq.

97. “Städelparagraph”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 32nd instalment, Berlin 1990, col. 1847 ff.

98. “Städtebund”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 32nd instalment, Berlin 1990, col. 1851 ff.

99. “Stadtpatron”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 32nd instalment, Berlin 1990, col. 1861 ff.

100. “Staffel, Staffelstein, Staffelgericht”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 32nd instalment, Berlin 1990, col. 1880 et seq.

101. “Stift” and “Stiftsadel”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 32nd instalment, Berlin 1990, col. 1976 ff.

102. “Stimmrecht”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 4, 32nd instalment, Berlin 1990, col. 1993 ff.

103. “Baptism”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 5, 33rd instalment, Berlin 1991, col. 128 ff.

104. “Baptismal church”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 5, 33rd instalment, Berlin 1991, col. 130 ff.

105. “Temporal rights”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 5, 33rd instalment, Berlin 1991, col. 144 ff.

106. “Thurn und Taxis”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 5, 33rd instalment, Berlin 1991, col. 223 ff.

107. “Uneheliche”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 5, 34th instalment, Berlin 1992, col. 452 ff.

108. “Vicar”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 5, 36th instalment, Berlin 1993, col. 917

109. “Visitation”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 5, 36th instalment, Berlin 1993, col. 927 et seq.

110. “Election, right to vote”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 5, 37th instalment, Berlin 1994, col. 1083 ff.

111. “Election Capitulation”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 5, 37th instalment, Berlin 1994, col. 1086 ff.

112. “Weyer, Johann”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 5, 38th instalment, Berlin 1995, col. 1344 ff.

113. “Wöllner’s Edict on Religion”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 5, 38th instalment, Berlin 1995, col. 1516 ff.

114. “Tithe”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 5, 39th instalment, Berlin 1996, col. 1629 ff.

115. “Prohibition on Interest”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 5, 39th instalment, Berlin 1996, col. 1719 ff.

116. “Celibacy”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 5, 39th instalment, Berlin 1996, col. 1750 ff.

117. “Forensic Eloquence”, in: Historical Dictionary of Rhetoric, ed. by G. Ueding, Vol. 3, Tübingen 1996, cols. 391–398.

118. “Church Constitution III: An Overview of Church History”, in: Encyclopaedia of Theology and the Church, Vol. 6, 3rd ed. 1997, cols. 73–75.

119. “Two-Body Doctrine”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 5, Berlin 1997, cols. 1847–1848.

120. “Legal History”, in: Encyclopaedia of Theology and the Church, Vol. 8, 3rd ed. 1999, cols. 905–907.

121. “Compensation for Damages”, in: Encyclopaedia of Theology and the Church, Vol. 9, 3rd ed. 2000, cols. 101–102.

122. ‘Endowments, Ecclesiastical II (Reformation to the Modern Era)’, in: Theological Real Encyclopaedia, Vol. XXXII, Berlin–New York 2000, pp. 170–174.

123. ‘Election Capitulation’, in: Encyclopaedia of Theology and the Church, vol. 10, 3rd ed. 2001, cols. 924–925.

124. “Philipp von Leiden”, in: Neue Deutsche Biographie, vol. 20, Berlin 2001, pp. 388–389.

125. ‘Planitz, Hans’, in: Neue Deutsche Biographie, vol. 20, Berlin 2001, p. 501.

126. ‘Canonical Age’, in: Religion in History and the Present, vol. 4, 4th ed., Tübingen 2001, col. 778.

127. ‘Conciliarity / Conciliarism: III. Legal’, in: Religion in History and the Present, vol. 4, 4th ed., Tübingen 2001, col. 1667 ff.

128. ‘Irnerius’, in: Encyclopaedia of Ecclesiastical and State Ecclesiastical Law, vol. 2, Paderborn 2002, p. 320.

129. ‘Ius ad rem’, in: Encyclopaedia of Ecclesiastical and State Ecclesiastical Law, Vol. 2, Paderborn 2002, p. 326.

130. ‘Ius dispositivum’, in: Encyclopaedia of Ecclesiastical and State Ecclesiastical Law, Vol. 2, Paderborn 2002, p. 328.

131. ‘Ius in re’, in: Encyclopaedia of Ecclesiastical and State Ecclesiastical Law, Vol. 2, Paderborn 2002, p. 334.

132. ‘Legistik’, in: Encyclopaedia of Ecclesiastical and State Ecclesiastical Law, Vol. 2, Paderborn 2002, pp. 705–708.

133. ‘Liber Extra’, in: Encyclopaedia of Ecclesiastical and State Ecclesiastical Law, Vol. 2, Paderborn 2002, pp. 737–739.

134. ‘Liber Sextus’, in: Encyclopaedia of Ecclesiastical and State Ecclesiastical Law, Vol. 2, Paderborn 2002, pp. 739–740.

135. ‘Antipope’, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 1, 2nd ed. 2008, cols. 1995–1996.

136. ‘Herrschervertrag’, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. 2010, cols. 980–982.

137. ‘Force majeure’, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. 2011, cols. 1104–1105.

138. ‘Hostiensis (c. 1194–1271)’, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. 2011, cols. 1137–1138.

139. ‘Imitatio Imperii’, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. 2011, cols. 1273–1275.

140. “Infamatio”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. 2011, cols. 1211–1212.

141. ‘Infamie’, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. 2011, cols. 1212–1214.

142. ‘Ingolstadt’, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. 2011, cols. 1216–1217.

143. ‘Innocent IV (c. 1190–1254)’, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. 2011, cols. 1230–1231.

144. ‘Investiture’, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 2nd ed. 2011, pp. 1285–1290.

145. “Jordan of Osnabrück (before 1220–1284)”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. 2011, pp. 1391–1392.

146. ‘Imperial Coronation’, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. 2012, cols. 1524–1530.

147. “Canon Law”, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. 2012, cols. 1796–1804.

148. ‘Church property’, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. 2012, cols. 1524–1530.

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158. ‘Lex Romana Curiensis’, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 2nd ed. 2015, cols. 913–918.

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162. ‘Minderheitenschutz’, in: Concise Dictionary of German Legal History, Vol. 3, 2nd ed. 2015, cols. 1522–1526 (with Karl-Heinz Ziegler and Gerold Neusser).

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