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Introduction. The Secrets of the Heart

Susan R. Kramer

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Sin, Interiority, and Selfhood in the Twelfth-Century West

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Note on Translation and Abbreviations ix
Preface xi
Introduction. The Secrets of the Heart 1
Chapter One. The Secrecy of Conscience 18
Chapter Two. Tears and the Articulation of Interiority 55
Chapter Three. Original Sin and the Autonomous Soul 83
Chapter Four. Sin, Contamination, and Consent 111
Conclusion. Confession and the Self 135
Bibliography 138
Index 168

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Note on Translation and Abbreviations ix
Preface xi
Introduction. The Secrets of the Heart 1
Chapter One. The Secrecy of Conscience 18
Chapter Two. Tears and the Articulation of Interiority 55
Chapter Three. Original Sin and the Autonomous Soul 83
Chapter Four. Sin, Contamination, and Consent 111
Conclusion. Confession and the Self 135
Bibliography 138
Index 168

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