Gratian's Decretum is one of the major works in European history, a text that in many ways launched the field of canon law. In this new volume, Atria Larson presents to students and scholars alike a c
This book presents the first full-scale study of the Tractatus de penitentia (C.33 q.3) in Gratian's Decretum, which became the textbook for canon law and served as the basis of the church's developin
"This is an extremely well-researched and well-presented study that is informed by meticulous textual analysis from the manuscripts...Yet this book goes even further in that Larson asks the reader to
