Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. CHAPTER ONE. Penance and Privacy 1
7. CHAPTER TWO. The Failure of a Theology of Private Penance 18
8. CHAPTER THREE. The Publicity of Private Penance 60
9. CHAPTER FOUR. The Varieties of Public Penance 92
10. CHAPTER FIVE. Collective Expiation, Collective Rejoicing 130
11. CHAPTER SIX. The Liturgy of Penance and the Roman Tradition 159
12. CHAPTER SEVEN. The Transformation of Public Penance In Northern French Pontificals, ca. 1150-1350 189
13. CHAPTER EIGHT. Penance in the Cities 248
14. CHAPTER NINE. Public Penance and Communal Religion 288
15. Appendix 299
16. Bibliography 305
17. Index 335