Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 476 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates) |
Series |
Records of western civilization |
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Records of Western civilization.
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Contents |
Penance in the ancient church -- The penitentials -- The condition of the texts -- Early Irish penitential documents -- Early Welsh penitential documents -- Penitentials of the Anglo-Saxon church -- Penitentials by Irish authors which were apparently compiled on the continent -- Anonymous and pseudonymous Frankish and Visigothic penitentials of the eighth and ninth centuries -- Penitentials written or authorized by Frankish ecclesiastics -- Selections from later penitential documents -- Penitential elements in medieval public law -- Synodical decisions and ecclesiastical opinions relating to the penitentials -- An eighth-century list of superstitions -- Selections from the customs of Tallaght -- Irish canons from a Worcester collection -- On documents omitted -- The manuscripts of the penitentials |
Notes |
Reprint, with new introd. Previously published: New York : Octagon Books, 1965. Previously published in series: Records of civilization, sources and studies ; no. 29 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-454) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
In |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. |
Subject |
Penitentials -- History -- Sources
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Penance -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 -- Sources
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Penitentials.
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Genre/Form |
History.
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Sources.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
McNeill, John T. (John Thomas), 1885-1975.
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Gamer, Helena M. (Helena Margaret), 1900-1966.
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LC no. |
90037583 |
ISBN |
0231008899 |
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9780231008891 |
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0231096291 |
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9780231096294 |
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