 | Master of Penance Subjects: Gratian active 12th century -- Decretum; Penance (Canon law) -- History -- To 1500; Penance -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages 600–1500; This book presents the first full-scale study of the Tractatus de penitentia (C.33 q.3) in Gratian's Decretum, which became the textbook for canon law and served as the basis of the church's developing jurisprudence, in theory and in practice ATRIA A. LARSON is a Visiting Scholar in the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University. |
