Penance has traditionally been viewed exclusively as the domain of church history but penance and confession also had important social functions in medieval soc
This volume comprises papers delivered at a conference held by the University of York's Centre for Medieval Studies at King's Manor, York, on March 9th, 1996, u
Medieval Italian communes are known for their violence, feuds, and vendettas, yet beneath this tumult was a society preoccupied with peace. Peace and Penance in
Irish scholars who arrived in Continental Europe in the early Middle Ages are often credited with making some of the most important contributions to European cu