Master of penance
Subtitle: Gratian and the development of penitential thought and law in the twelfth century
By: Atria A. Larson
Series: Studies in medieval and early modern canon law -- volume 11
Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 553
ISBN-13: 9780813221687
Subjects: Penance (Canon law); History; Penance; History of doctrines
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Catholic University of America, 2010, under title: Gratian's Tractatus de penitentia : a textual study and intellectual history

Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-548) and index.
Table of contents: title: Distinctio 1: contrition or confession; title: what remits sins?; title: Distinctio 2: regaining love like David or losing love like Satan?; title: Distinctio 3: sin and the nature of true penance; title: Distinctio 4: when forgiven sins come back to haunt you; title: Distinctiones 5-7: true penance, proper confessor-priests, and secure death; title: Penance in practice: extra-de penitentia texts on penance in the decretum; title: From Discipulus Anselmi to Magister Clericorum; title: From one master to another : Peter Lombard's usage of De Penitentia; title: De Penitentia in the classroom (1): the early reception, 1140; title: 1170; title: De Penitentia in the classroom (2): Paris and Bologna at the end of the twelfth century; title: Moving beyond the classroom : De Penitentia in England and Southern France, 1160-1190; title: De Penitentia outside the classroom : the Papal Curia, 1159-1215; title: Conclusion.