Penitents and Their Proxies: Penance for Others in Early Medieval Europe
This article investigates the religious practice of suffering for others in the early Middle Ages. In proxy penance, one person completed a penitential work for another, who received the spiritual benefit. This practice was based on the idea that one person could stand in for another to bear his bur...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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Church history
Year: 2017, Volume: 86, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-32 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Europe
/ Middle Ages
/ Confession of sin
/ Atonement
/ Culture
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| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages KBA Western Europe NBK Soteriology |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |