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Medieval handbooks of penance: a translation of the principal "libri poenitentiales" and selections from related documents

McNeill, John T. (John Thomas), 1885-1975., Gamer, Helena M. (Helena Margaret), 1900-1966.

Year: c1990.

Publisher: Columbia University Press.

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Frontmatter

Abbreviations

INTRODUCTION

PENANCE IN THE ANCIENT CHURCH

THE PENITENTIALS

THE CONDITION OF THE TEXTS

DOCUMENTS

I. EARLY IRISH PENITENTIAL DOCUMENTS

II. EARLY WELSH PENITENTIAL DOCUMENTS

III. PENITENTIALS OF THE ANGLO‐SAXON CHURCH

IV. PENITENTIALS BY IRISH AUTHORS WHICH WERE. APPARENTLY COMPILED ON THE CONTINENT

V. ANONYMOUS AND PSEUDONYMOUS FRANKISH AND VISIGOTHIC PENITENTIALS OF THE EIGHTH AND NINTH CENTURIES

VI. PENITENTIALS WRITTEN OR AUTHORIZED BY FRANKISH ECCLESIASTICS

VII. SELECTIONS FROM LATER PENITENTIAL DOCUMENTS

VIII. PENITENTIAL ELEMENTS IN MEDIEVAL PUBLIC LAW

IX. SYNODICAL DECISIONS AND ECCLESIASTICAL OPINIONS RELATING TO THE PENITENTIALS

APPENDICES

I. AN EIGHTH-CENTURY LIST OF SUPERSTITIONS

II. SELECTIONS FROM THE CUSTOMS OF TALLAGHT

III. IRISH CANONS FROM A WORCESTER COLLECTION

IV. ON DOCUMENTS OMITTED

V. THE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE PENITENTIALS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Title:

Medieval handbooks of penance : a translation of the principal "libri poenitentiales" and selections from related documents / by John T. McNeill and Helena M. Gamer.

Author:

McNeill, John T. (John Thomas), 1885-1975; Gamer, Helena M. (Helena Margaret), 1900-1966

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Medieval handbooks of penance : a translation of the principal "libri poenitentiales" and selections from related documents / by John T. McNeill and Helena M. Gamer.
McNeill, John T. (John Thomas), 1885-1975, Gamer, Helena M. (Helena Margaret), 1900-1966
New York: Columbia University Press, c1990.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.06026

Subject Headings:

• Penitentials -- History -- Sources
• Penance -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 -- Sources

Notes:

• Reprint, with new introd. Previously published: New York : Octagon Books, 1965. Previously published in series: Records of civilization, sources and studies ; no. 29.
• Electronic access restricted; authentication may be required

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