A01=Elizabeth Rosner
A32=Alexander Murray
A32=Jacqueline Murray
A32=John Baldwin
A32=Lesley Smith
A32=Michael Haren
A32=Professor Peter Biller
A32=Rob Meens
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Chaucer
confession
confessors
confessors' manuals
contrition
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demographic history
English
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French romances
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literary evidence
manuals
medieval history
medieval religious life
middle ages
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penance
penitence
penitential
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priest's job
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sexual nature
social thought
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spiritual conseil
University of York
William of Auvergne
women
Yale University
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- ISBN 9781903153482
- Weight: 376g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 17 Oct 2013
- Publisher: York Medieval Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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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
PETE BILLER is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of York. JACQUELINE MURRAY is University Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Guelph. PETE BILLER is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of York.
