TY - GEN AU - McNeill, John T. AU - Gamer, Helena M. ED - American Council of Learned Societies. TI - Medieval handbooks of penance: a transl ation of the principal "libri poenitentiales" and selections from relat ed documents PY - 1990/// CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Penitentials KW - History KW - Sources KW - Penance KW - History of doctrines KW - Middle Ages, 600-1500 N1 - Reprint, with new introd. Previously published: New York : Octagon B ooks, 1965. Previously published in series: Records of civilization, so urces and studies ; no. 29; Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-454) and index; Penance in the ancient church -- The penitentials -- The condition o f the texts -- Early Irish penitential documents -- Early Welsh peniten tial documents -- Penitentials of the Anglo-Saxon church -- Penitential s by Irish authors which were apparently compiled on the continent -- A nonymous and pseudonymous Frankish and Visigothic penitentials of the e ighth and ninth centuries -- Penitentials written or authorized by Fran kish ecclesiastics -- Selections from later penitential documents -- Pe nitential elements in medieval public law -- Synodical decisions and ec clesiastical opinions relating to the penitentials -- An eighth-century list of superstitions -- Selections from the customs of Tallaght -- Ir ish canons from a Worcester collection -- On documents omitted -- The m anuscripts of the penitentials; Electronic text and image data; Ann Arbor, Mich.; University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing; 2008; Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text; ([Records of civilization, sources and studies]); ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]); Mode of access: Intranet UR - htt p://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.06026 ER -