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Handling Sin - Confession in the Middle Ages (Hardcover)
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Handling Sin - Confession in the Middle Ages (Hardcover)
Series: York Studies in Medieval Theology
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Penance and confession were an integral part of medieval religious
life; essays explore literary evidence. Penance, confession and
their texts (penitential and confessors' manuals) are important
topics for an understanding of the middle ages, in relation to a
wide range of issues, from medieval social thought to Chaucer's
background. These essays treat a variety of different aspects of
the topic: subjects include the frequency and character of early
medieval penance; the summae and manuals for confessors, and the
ways in which these texts (written by males for males) constructed
women as sexual in nature; William of Auvergne's remarkable writing
on penance; and the relevance of confessors' manuals for
demographic history. JOHN BALDWIN's major study `From the Ordeal to
Confession', delivered as a Quodlibet lecture, traces the
appearance in French romances of the themes of a penitent's
contrition, the priest's job in listening, and the application of
the spiritual conseil and penitence. PETER BILLER is Professor of
Medieval History at the University of York; A.J. MINNIS is Douglas
Tracy Smith Professor of English, Yale University. Contributors:
PETER BILLER, ROB MEENS, ALEXANDER MURRAY, JACQUELINE MURRAY,
LESLEY SMITH, MICHAEL HAREN, JOHN BALDWIN
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