| Medieval Handbooks of Penance: A Translation of the Principal Libri Poenitentiales Contributor(s): McNeill, John (Author), Gamer, Helena (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231096291 ISBN-13: 9780231096294 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $45.54 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 1990 Annotation: 'Long understood to be crucial evidence for the nature of the early medieval church, ...[these penitential books] are now used by historians as telling evidence for sexuality, violence, the family, death rituals, witchcraft and other topics central to the so-called new social and cultural history. The readable translations and detailed introductions provided here for each document make the material easily accessible.'-Caroline Walker Bynum, Columbia University |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Institutions & Organizations - Religion | History |
| Dewey: 264.020 |
| LCCN: 90-37583 |
| Series: Records of Western Civilization |
| Physical Information: 1.24" H x 5.9" W x 8.94" (1.45 lbs) 476 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Guidelines for medieval clerics on how to assign appropriate penances for particular sins, in readable translations with detailed introductions. |