Penitential Theology and Law at the Turn of the Fifteenth Century
- Author / Editor
- Kelly, Henry Ansgar.
Penitential Theology and Law at the Turn of the Fifteenth Century
- Published
- Abigail Firey, ed. A New History of Penance. Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition, no. 14 (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2008), pp. 239-317.
- Series
- Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition, no. 14.
- Description
- Describes two late medieval penitential treatises--John Burough's "Pupilla oculi" (late fourteenth century) and William Lyndwood's "Provinciale "(early fifteenth century)--discussing their influence on Chaucer's understanding of the sacrament in ParsT and other works. Includes detailed summary/outlines of the two treatises (pp. 267-317). Reprinted in Kelly's Law and Religion in Chaucer's England (Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2010).
- Contributor
- Firey, Abigail, ed.
- Alternative Title
- A New History of Penance.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Parson and His Tale.