The Humilation of Sinners Public Penance in Thirteenth-Century France

Mary C. Mansfield

Hardback (10 Feb 1995)

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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.

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Cornell University Press

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ISBN:	9780801429392
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Imprint:	Cornell University Press
Pub date:	10 Feb 1995
DEWEY:	265.60944
DEWEY edition:	20
Language:	English
Number of pages:	343
Weight:	907g
Height:	229mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	30mm