Remedies for "Great Transgressions": Penance and Excommunication in Late Anglo-Saxon England
Remedies for "Great Transgressions": Penance and Excommunication in Late Anglo-Saxon England
Title:
Remedies for "Great Transgressions": Penance and Excommunication in Late Anglo-Saxon England
Author:
Hamilton, S.
Location:
Woodbridge
Notes:
CCCC MS 422 Some brief references to the Red Book of Darley in a discussion of excommunication formulae and penitentials from late Anglo-Saxon England. Includes a brief discussion of dating, which is given as mid eleventh century, and provenance, given as Sherbourne, with the manuscript possibly reaching Darley Dale as early as the twelfth century, pp. 89, 95, 104