A contrite heart : prosecution and redemption in the Carolingian empire / by Abigail Firey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Firey, Abigail.

Series:

Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 145.

Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 1573-4188 ; v. 145

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law, Medieval.

Penance--History of doctrines.

Penance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between the middle of the eighth century and the late ninth century in western Europe, the course of legal history was shaped by interaction with religious ideas, especially with regard to the meaning of confession, suffering, and the balance of protections for an accused individual and the welfare of the community. This book traces those themes through a selection of Carolingian texts, such as archbishop Hincmar's legal analysis of a royal divorce, the decrees of church councils, the biography of a Saxon holy woman, anti-Judaic treatises, and Hrotswitha's dramatisation of the legend of Thaïs, in order to make audible the lively debates over the boundaries of clerical and lay authority, the nature and extent of permissible intervention in the spiritual condition of the empire's inhabitants, and distinctions between the private and public domains. This work thus reveals the profound relation between law and penitential ideologies promoted by the Carolingian imperial court.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / A. Firey

Introduction / A. Firey

Chapter One. The Protection Of Privacy: Secrets And Silence / A. Firey

Chapter Two. The Public Welfare: Pollution And Purgation / A. Firey

Chapter Three. Authority And Piety / A. Firey

Chapter Four. Empire And Education / A. Firey

Chapter Five. Contestation, Co-Operation, Coercion, And Resistance / A. Firey

Appendix A. Penitential Canons Pertaining To Dietary Pollution / A. Firey

Bibliography / A. Firey

Index Locorum / A. Firey

Index Personarum / A. Firey

Index Rerum / A. Firey

Index Scripturarum / A. Firey.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-60612-3

9786612606120

90-474-4051-X

OCLC:

609857263

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004178151.i-294 DOI