Penitencjał biskupa Halitgara i karolińskie „państwo stanu pokutnego”
The Penitential of Bishop Halitgar and the Carolingian ‘Penitential State’
Author(s): Michał TomaszekSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Carolingians; Carolingian episcopate; Charlemagne; Louis I the Pious; Halitgar of Cambrai;
Summary/Abstract: In his article, the author presents how, during the reigns of Charlemagne and Louis the Pious, bishops in cooperation with rulers undertook the reform of penance. He discusses the circumstances in which the Penitentialis of Bishop Halitgar was compiled and ways in which the Bishop tried to bestow authority on it. Next, the structure of the penitential is presented together with its regulations. Finally, the article’s author puts forwards his hypotheses on the actual role played by Halitgar’s Penitential in the Carolingian Church during the first decades after its compilation.
Journal: Kwartalnik Historyczny
- Issue Year: 127/2020
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 741-797
- Page Count: 57
- Language: Polish