[Constitutiones provinciales ecclesiae Anglicanae]

Description

A compilation in five books of the synodal constitutions of the province of Canterbury, from the time of archbishops Stephen Langton (d. 1228) to Henry Chichele (1362?-1443), compiled by Lyndwood and with his gloss commentaries. The work was completed in 1433. Regarded by some authorities as law of the Church of England. This is the first printed edition.