Penance, confession and their texts (penitential and confessors' manuals) are important topics for an understanding of the Middle Ages in relation to a wide ran... » 

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. The essays collected here treat a variety of topics. «