Medieval Handbooks of Penance

Medieval Handbooks of Penance
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 500
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ISBN-10 : 9780231096294
ISBN-13 : 0231096291
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Book Synopsis Medieval Handbooks of Penance by : John Thomas McNeill

Download or read book Medieval Handbooks of Penance written by John Thomas McNeill and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penance in the ancient church -- The penitentials -- The condition of the texts -- Early Irish penitential documents -- Early Welsh penitential documents -- Penitentials of the Anglo-Saxon church -- Penitentials by Irish authors which were apparently compiled on the continent -- Anonymous and pseudonymous Frankish and Visigothic penitentials of the eighth and ninth centuries -- Penitentials written or authorized by Frankish ecclesiastics -- Selections from later penitential documents -- Penitential elements in medieval public law -- Synodical decisions and ecclesiastical opinions relating to the penitentials -- An eighth-century list of superstitions -- Selections from the customs of Tallaght -- Irish canons from a Worcester collection -- On documents omitted -- The manuscripts of the penitentials.


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