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The article discusses the concept of "fides" in medieval canon law doctrine. It addresses the importance of fides as basic argument for the idea of contractual obligation. It then turns to the question, how contracts would be rescinded based on the argument that fides had been broken.
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The article might be helpful for a better understanding of the interdependencies of law and religion in the European legal tradition. It reveals also basic elements of contractual doctrine.
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This page is a summary of: Von der gehaltenen und der gebrochenen fides: Zur fides in den Vertragsrechtskonzeptionen der Kanonistik seit dem 12. Jahrhundert, Das Mittelalter, January 2015, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/mial-2015-0021.
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