@FMT:Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Part I: The Penitentiary in the Service of Christians
1. History of the Study of Penitentiary Material
2. The Penitentiary in the Late Middle Ages
3. How the Decisions of the Penitentiary Were Made
4. Documents Produced by the Papal Penitentiary and Their Diplomatics
Part II: Documents
1. Litterae ecclesiae
2. Different Types of Absolutions, Dispensation, Licenses, and Declaration
1. Matrimonial Dispensations
2. Dispensation from Illegitimate Birth
3. Letters of Confession
4. Leaving a Monastery
5. Violence and Murder
6. Defect of Age
7. Cum ex eo
8. Procession
Selected Bibliography
Index