Prison, Punishment and Penance in Late Antiquity
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| Author | : Julia Hillner |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 422 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1316321444 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781316321447 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Prison, Punishment and Penance in Late Antiquity by : Julia Hillner
Book excerpt: "This book traces the long-term genesis of the sixth- century Roman legal penalty of forced monastic penance. The late antique evidence on this penal institution runs counter to a scholarly consensus that Roman legal principle did not acknowledge the use of corrective punitive confinement"--
