|
Books > Christianity > Christian Worship
|
Buy Now
The Practice of Penance, 900-1050 (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R2,050
Discovery Miles 20 500
|
|
|
The Practice of Penance, 900-1050 (Hardcover)
Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Penitential practice in the Holy Roman Empire 900-1050, examined
through records in church law, the liturgy, monastic and other
sources. This study examines all forms of penitential practice in
the Holy Roman Empire under the Ottonian and Salian Reich, c.900 -
c.1050. This crucial period in the history of penance, falling
between the Carolingians' codification of public and private
penance, and the promotion of the practice of confession in the
thirteenth century, has largely been ignored by historians. Tracing
the varieties of penitential practice recorded in church law, the
liturgy, monastic practice, narrative and documentary sources, Dr
Hamilton's book argues that many of the changes previously
attributed to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries can be found
earlier in the tenth and early eleventh centuries. Whilst
acknowledging that there was a degree of continuity from the
Carolingian period, she asserts that the period should be seen as
having its own dynamic. Investigating the sources for penitential
practice by genre, sheacknowledges the prescriptive bias of many of
them and points ways around the problem in order to establish the
reality of practice in this area at this time. This book thus
studies the Church in action in the tenth and eleventh centuries,
the reality of relations between churchmen, and between churchmen
and the laity, as well as the nature of clerical aspirations. It
examines the legacy left by the Carolingian reformers and
contributes to our understanding of pre-Gregorian mentalities in
the period before the late eleventh-century reforms. SARAH HAMILTON
teaches in the Department of History, University of Exeter.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
