Was Bede the Author of a Penitential?

The recent publication of the more important medieval handbooks of penance in an English version raises afresh the often disputed question, whether the Venerable Bede was the author or compiler of a penitential. What may be called the positive evidence that he did so is slight. In, or soon after, 90...

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Main Author: Laistner, M. L. W. (Author)
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1938
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 1938, Volume: 31, Issue: 4, Pages: 263-274
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