Description
This essay is about a fourteenth century English confessor's manual and how it contributes to European-wide research on pre-Reformation confessional practice and clerical training. The manual also has a particular focus on social morality, which provides interesting commentary on contemporary English society.
This is the first full-scale scholarly study of a fourteenth-century English confessor's manual. It contributes significantly to the European-wide research on pre-Reformation confessional practice and clerical training. On another level, the
Memoriale Presbiterorum's peculiarly intense concern with social morality affords pungent commentary on contemporary English society.
Related Products
