Paucapalea

Biography

• Probably a monk.

Activities as Canonist

• Oldest student of Gratian
• 1140-1150 as main time of his work as canonist.
• Final arrangement of Parts I and III of the Decretum.
• Summa Decretorum
• Glossae

Editions and Sources

• SCHULTE, Johann Friedrich: Die Summa des Paucapalea über das Decretum Gratiani, Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Emil Roth, Giessen 1890.

Introductory Secondary Literature

• GRILLMANN, Franz: Paucapalea und Paleae bei Huguccio, Kirchheim, Mainz 1908.
• GRILLMANN, Franz: Gesammelte Schriften zur klassischen Kanonistik/ 1: Schriften zum Dekret Gratians und zu den Dekretisten, Echter, Würzburg 1988.
• LANDAU, Peter: Gratian and the Decretum Gratiani, in: HARTMANN W./Pennington K. (eds.): The History of Medieval Canon Law in the Classical Period, 1140-1234: From Gratian to the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX, Catholic University of America Press, Washington D.C. 2008, pp.22-54.
• SCHULTE, Johann Friedrich: Die Geschichte der Quellen und Literatur des canonischen Rechts. Von Gratian bis auf die Gegenwart, Vol.1, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1875, p.109-114.
• SOMERVILLE, Robert: Prefaces to canon law books in Latin Christianity, selected translations, 500-1317: commentary and translation, The Catholic University of America Press, Washington D.C. 2020.
• Good summary of introductory literature at Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Medieval and Early Modern Jurists.