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Cate--
*De vera et falsa poenitentia* was a very influential treatise on the
medieval theology of penance, and it appears to have been composed in
the 11th century or the early 12th. That it wasn't really Augustine
should have been obvious, since it cites Augustine and disagrees with
him. There is an article and a recent dissertation on the treatise:
C. Fantini, "Il trattato ps.-agostiniano «De vera et falsa
paenitentia»," *Richerche di storia religiosa* I (1954–57), 200–209.
Karen Teresa Wagner, "De vera et falsa penitentia: an edition and
study," Ph.D. Thesis, University of Toronto, 1995. The pdf file is
available for free (if you have access) through ProQuest
Dissertations--let me know privately if you want me to get this to you.
As for other works which might cite the treatise, here are some
things which may help:
Anciaux's dissertation covers 12th century theological (rather than
primarily pastoral) works. He writes of the treatise: "This little
book, we have seen, had a considerable and often determining
influence on the theological reflection of the later authors," Paul
Anciaux, *La Théologie du Sacrement de Pénitence au XIIe siècle*
(Series II, vol. 41, Universitas Catholica Lovaniensis
Dissertationes; Louvain: É. Nauwelaerts, 1949), 608.
One confessional work from the 1190s which I know uses the treatise
can be found in: D.A. Wilmart, "Un opuscule sur la confession composé
par Guy de Southwick vers la fin du XIIe siècle," *Recherches de
théologie ancienne et médievale* 7 (1935): 337–52.
An earlier influential work you might also check is Bartholomew of
Exeter's *Penitential*, found in Adrian Morey, *Bartholomew of
Exeter: Bishop and Canonist* (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1937), 175–300.
A general survey of the literature, which might point you to some
other sources, is: Pierre Michaud-Quantin, *Sommes de casuistique et
manuels de confession au moyen âge (XII-XVI siècles)* (Vol. 13,
Analecta Mediaevalia Namurcensia; Louvain: Nauwelaerts, 1962). He
basically starts with Alain de Lille's *Liber poenitentialis* (c.
1200), so there's not much 12th century material, however.
I'd be interested in anything you might find out about this, and the
Vices and Virtues itself.
--Jonathan Hall
On 13 Feb 2007, at 9:14 AM, Catherine Gunn wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
> Dear friends and colleagues
>
> I am trying to write a paper on an English work dating from about
> 1200, the Vices and Virtues (not to be confused with the
> 14thcentury Book of Vices and Virtues which is a translation of
> friar Lorens’ Somme le Roi). Although there is a 19th century
> edition, published by EETS, very little attention has been paid to
> this early English prose treatise. One of the works it quotes is
> the pseudo-Augustinian ‘De vera et falsa poenitentia’; this appears
> in Vol. 40 of PL (with appendixes to Augustine) and with the note
> that it is referred to in Gratian’s Decretum and Peter Lombard’s
> Sentences. I wouldn’t be surprised if the De vera itself isn’t
> 12thcentury – it reads like a guide to confession and penitence.
> If anyone knows more about it – and who else may have quoted from
> it (it is also referred to in the early 13th century English guide
> for recluses, Ancrene Wisse) I would be interested and grateful.
…
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