UID:
almahu_9949703383802882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789047441786
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2008
Content:
Between the third and sixteenth centuries, penance (the acts or gestures performed to atone for transgression, usually with an interest in the salvation of the penitent's soul) was a crucial mode of participation in both society and the cosmos. Penance was incorporated into political and legal negotiations, it erupted in improvisational social dramas, it was subject to experimentation and innovation, and it saturated western culture with images of contrition, suffering, and reconciliation. During the late antique, medieval, and early modern periods, rituals for the correction of human errors became both sophisticated and popular. Creativity in penitential expression reflects the range and complexity of social and spiritual situations in which penance was vital. Using hitherto unconsidered source materials, the contributors chart new views on how in western culture, human conduct was modulated and directed in patterns shaped by the fearsome yet embraced practices of penance. Contributors are R. Emmet McLaughlin, Rob Meens, Kevin Uhalde, Claudia Rapp, Dominique Iogna-Prat, Abigail Firey, Karen Wagner, Joseph Goering, H. Ansgar Kelly, Torstein Jørgensen, Wietse de Boer, Ronald K. Rittgers, Gretchen Starr-LeBeau, and Jodi Bilinkoff.
Note:
Preliminary Materials /
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Introduction /
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Truth, Tradition And History: The Historiography Of High/Late Medieval And Early Modern Penance /
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The Historiography Of Early Medieval Penance /
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Juridical Administration In The Church And Pastoral Care In Late Antiquity /
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Spiritual Guarantors At Penance, Baptism, And Ordination In The Late Antique East /
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Topographies Of Penance In The Latin West (C.800-C.1200) /
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Blushing Before The Judge And Physician: Moral Arbitration In The Carolingian Empire /
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Cum Aliquis Venerit Ad Sacerdotem: Penitential Experience In The Central Middle Ages /
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The Scholastic Turn (1100-1500): Penitential Theology And Law In The Schools /
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Penitential Theology And Law At The Turn Of The Fifteenth Century /
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Between The Reality Of Life And The Order Of Canon Law: The Holy Apostolic Penitentiary And The Supplications From Norway 1448-1531 /
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At Heresy's Door: Borromeo, Penance, And Confessional Boundaries In Early Modern Europe /
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Embracing The 'True Relic' Of Christ: Suffering, Penance, And Private Confession In The Thought Of Martin Luther /
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Lay Piety And Community Identity In The Early Modern World /
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Confessors As Hagiographers In Early Modern Catholic Culture /
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About The Contributors /
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Index /
Additional Edition:
New history of penance ISBN 9789004122123 (hardback : alk. paper)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004122125 (hardback : alk. paper)
Language:
English
