LAS SIETE PARTIDAS Volume 1: The Medieval Church THE MIDDLE AGES SERIES Ruth Mazo Karras, Series Editor Edward Peters, Founding Editor A complete list of books in the series is available from the publisher. LAS SIETE PARTIDAS Edited by Robert I. Burns, S.J. Volume 1: The Medieval Church The World of Clerics and Laymen Volume 2: Medieval Government The World of Kings and Warriors Volume 3: Medieval Law Lawyers and Their Work Volume 4: Family, Commerce, and the Sea The Worlds of Women and Merchants Volume 5: Underworlds The Dead, the Criminal, and the Marginalized LAS SIETE PARTIDAS VOLUME 1: THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH The World of Clerics and Laymen Translated by Samuel Parsons Scott Edited by Robert I. Burns, S.}. PENN University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia Publication of this volume was assisted by a grant from the Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain's Ministry of Education and Culture and United States Universities Copyright © 200 1 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4011 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Las Siete partidas I translation and notes by Samuel Parsons Scott; edited by Robert I. Burns. p. cm. - (The Middle Ages series) Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: v. 1. The medieval church - v. 2. Medieval government - v. 3. Medieval law - v. 4. Family, commerce, and the sea - v. 5. Underworlds. ISBN: 978-0-8122-1738-4 1. Law-Spain-Sources. 2. Law, Medieval. 3. Siete partidas. I. Scott, S. P. (Samuel Parsons), 1846- 1929. II. Burns, Robert Ignatius. III. Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon, 1221-1284. IV. Series. KKT1422000 340.5' 5 '0946-dc21 00-060738 .