The old English penitentials and Anglo-Saxon law / Stefan Jurasinski, the College at Brockport, State University of New York.
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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Cambridge :
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2015.
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| Series: | Studies in legal history.
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316015384 |
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