The old English penitentials and Anglo-Saxon law /
Some of the earliest examples of medieval canon law are penitentials - texts enumerating the sins a confessor might encounter among laypeople or other clergy and suggesting means of reconciliation. Often they gave advice on matters of secular law as well, offering judgments on the proper way to cont...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Studies in legal history (Cambridge University Press)
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : legislation, custom, and the sources of early English law
- The old English penitentials and their reception
- Legal change, vernacular penitentials, and the chronology of old English prose
- The law of the estate : bishops, masters, and slaves
- The law of the household : marriage and sexuality
- Caring for the body : law, penitentials, and English "Sick-Maintenance"
- Caring for the mind : pollution and mental liability
- Conclusion : vernacular penitentials and secular lawmaking.
