Research Catalog

Title

Medieval handbooks of penance [electronic resource] : a translation of the principal "libri poenitentiales" and selections from related documents / by John T. McNeill and Helena M. Gamer.

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, c1990.

Details

Additional Authors

• McNeill, John T. (John Thomas), 1885-1975.
• Gamer, Helena M. (Helena Margaret), 1900-1966.
• American Council of Learned Societies.

Found In

ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org

Description

xvi, 476 p., [2] leaves of plates; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Records of western civilization

Uniform Title

• Records of civilization, sources and studies ; no. 29.
• ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Subject

• Penitentials > History > Sources
• Penance > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500 > Sources

Note

• Reprint, with new introd. Previously published: New York : Octagon Books, 1965. Previously published in series: Records of civilization, sources and studies ; no. 29.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-454) and index.

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic text and image data.

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.

OCLC

(dli)HEB06026

Title

Medieval handbooks of penance [electronic resource] : a translation of the principal "libri poenitentiales" and selections from related documents / by John T. McNeill and Helena M. Gamer.

Imprint

New York : Columbia University Press, c1990.

Series

Records of western civilization

Records of civilization, sources and studies ; no. 29.

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-454) and index.

Reproduction

Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2008. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([Records of civilization, sources and studies]) ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Added Author

McNeill, John T. (John Thomas), 1885-1975.

Gamer, Helena M. (Helena Margaret), 1900-1966.

American Council of Learned Societies.

Found In:

ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/

LCCN

90037583