Alanus Anglicus

Biography

• Tancred mentions him as Englishman and teacher.
• 1190-1215: Probably taught in Bologna.
• was he a Dominican?
• Probably teacher of Guilelmus Naso.

Activities as Canonist

• wrote the first comprehensive apparatus to the Compilatio Prima as fundament for the Glossa ordinaria as such and the Glossa ordinaria of the Decretals of Gregory IX.
• Apparatus ‘Ius naturale’ in Decretum
• Collectio Alani
• Glosses on the Compilatio Secunda (probably)

Introductory Secondary Literature

• See also: Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Medieval and Early Modern Jurists.
• LANDAU, Peter: Alanus Anglicus, in: Lexikon des Mittelalters, Vol.1, Artemis, München 1980, pp.267-268.
• SCHULTE, Johann Friedrich: Die Geschichte der Quellen und Literatur des canonischen Rechts. Von Gratian bis auf die Gegenwart, Vol. 1, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1875, pp.188-189.
• SCHULTE, Johann Friedrich: Die Compilationen Gilberts und Alanus, K.K. Hof und Staatsdruckerei, Wien 1870.
• STICKLKER, Alfons: Alanus Anglicus als Verteidiger des monarchischen Papsttums, Estratto da „Salesianum“, Anno XXI N.2-3 (1959), pp.346-406.