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11%OFFMary Mansfield - The Humiliation of Sinners. Public Penance in Thirteenth-Century France.  - 9780801489945 - V9780801489945
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The Humiliation of Sinners. Public Penance in Thirteenth-Century France.

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Description for The Humiliation of Sinners. Public Penance in Thirteenth-Century France. Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.

This compelling book, first published in 1995, changed historians' understanding of the history of public penance, a topic crucial to debates about the complex evolution of individualism in the West. Mary C. Mansfield demonstrates that various forms of public humiliation, imposed on nobles and peasants alike for shocking crimes as well as for minor brawls, survived into the thirteenth century and beyond.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801489945
SKU
V9780801489945
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About Mary Mansfield
The late Mary C. Mansfield received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. A graduate of Cornell University, she had been appointed Assistant Professor of History at Stanford University shortly before her death in 1989.

Reviews for The Humiliation of Sinners. Public Penance in Thirteenth-Century France.
Mansfield argues that public penance continued to flourish throughout the thirteenth century.... She examines a rich variety of sources drawn primarily from northern France. The surviving narratives report a surprising number of cases of public penance involving notorious figures.
Law and History Review
Mansfield's book challenges long-held assumptions about the disappearance of public penance after the Fourth Lateran ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Humiliation of Sinners. Public Penance in Thirteenth-Century France.


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