Search for: [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."]

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