A new history of penance /

Using source materials from late antiquity to the early modern period, this title charts various views about the role of penance in shaping western attitudes and practices for resolving social, political, and spiritual tensions, as penitents and confessors negotiated rituals and expectations for pen...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Firey, Abigail
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008
Series:Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; v. 14.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:Using source materials from late antiquity to the early modern period, this title charts various views about the role of penance in shaping western attitudes and practices for resolving social, political, and spiritual tensions, as penitents and confessors negotiated rituals and expectations for penitential expression.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 463 pages).
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789047441786
9047441788
ISSN:1871-6377 ;
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized