| A Contrite Heart: Prosecution and Redemption in the Carolingian Empire Contributor(s): Firey, Abigail (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004178155 ISBN-13: 9789004178151 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: Through precise and rigorous readings of Carolingian legal, polemical, and literary sources, this book excavates lively debates at both the popular and institutional levels within the Carolingian empire over the increasing integration of religious and legal precepts in jurisprudence and their effect upon the laity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Social History - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 340.55 |
| LCCN: 2009025804 |
| Series: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.5" W x 9.6" (1.45 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Between the middle of the eighth century and the late ninth century in western Europe, the course of legal history was shaped by interaction with religious ideas, especially with regard to the meaning of confession, suffering, and the balance of protections for an accused individual and the welfare of the community. This book traces those themes through a selection of Carolingian texts, such as archbishop Hincmar's legal analysis of a royal divorce, the decrees of church councils, the biography of a Saxon holy woman, anti-Judaic treatises, and Hrotswitha's dramatisation of the legend of Tha s, in order to make audible the lively debates over the boundaries of clerical and lay authority, the nature and extent of permissible intervention in the spiritual condition of the empire's inhabitants, and distinctions between the private and public domains. This work thus reveals the profound relation between law and penitential ideologies promoted by the Carolingian imperial court. |