ID - 246676 TI - A new history of penance AU - Firay, Abigail AU - Brill PY - 2008 VL - 14 SN - 18716377 SN - 1282396277 9786612396274 9047441788 9789047441786 9789004122123 9004122125 PB - Boston Leiden Brill DB - UniCat KW - Penance KW - History of doctrines. KW - Attrition KW - Contrition KW - Church discipline KW - Forgiveness of sin KW - Sacraments KW - Absolution KW - Confession KW - Repentance KW - 234.5 KW - 265.67 KW - 234.5 Berouw. Onvolmaakt berouw. Boetvaardigheid. Uitboeting KW - Berouw. Onvolmaakt berouw. Boetvaardigheid. Uitboeting KW - 265.67 Openbare boete KW - Openbare boete KW - History of doctrines KW - Pénitence KW - Histoire des doctrines KW - Christian dogmatics KW - Christian church history KW - History as a science KW - anno 800-1199 KW - anno 1200-1499 KW - Penance - History of doctrines. KW - Pénitence KW - Histoire UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:246676 AB - Between the third and sixteenth centuries, penance (the acts or gestures performed to atone for transgression, usually with an interest in the salvation of the penitent’s soul) was a crucial mode of participation in both society and the cosmos. Penance was incorporated into political and legal negotiations, it erupted in improvisational social dramas, it was subject to experimentation and innovation, and it saturated western culture with images of contrition, suffering, and reconciliation. During the late antique, medieval, and early modern periods, rituals for the correction of human errors became both sophisticated and popular. Creativity in penitential expression reflects the range and complexity of social and spiritual situations in which penance was vital. Using hitherto unconsidered source materials, the contributors chart new views on how in western culture, human conduct was modulated and directed in patterns shaped by the fearsome yet embraced practices of penance. Contributors are R. Emmet McLaughlin, Rob Meens, Kevin Uhalde, Claudia Rapp, Dominique Iogna-Prat, Abigail Firey, Karen Wagner, Joseph Goering, H. Ansgar Kelly, Torstein Jørgensen, Wietse de Boer, Ronald K. Rittgers, Gretchen Starr-LeBeau, and Jodi Bilinkoff. ER -