The Practice Of Penance, 900-1050

This study examines all forms of penitential practice in the Holy Roman Empire under the Ottonian and Salian emperors, c.900-c.1050. It argues that many of the ... » 

This study examines all forms of penitential practice in the Holy Roman Empire under the Ottonian and Salian emperors, c.900-c.1050. It argues that many of the changes previously attributed to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries can be found earlier in the tenth and early eleventh centuries. «