medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > Does anyone know of a good study (or even really good and up-to-date > encyclopedia article) on the history of indulgences - and the Latin > vocabulary used for them? > the classic study is: Nikolaus Paulus, Geschichte des Ablasses im Mittelalter. Vom Ursprunge bis zur Mitte des 14. Jahrhunderts. 3 vols. (Paderborn 1922-23 / reprint 2000). see also: Paolo Brezzi, M. Monaco, La beneficenza pontificia attraverso i secoli (Roma 1962). Adolf Gottlob, Kreuzzugablaß und Almosenablaß. Eine Studie über die Frühzeit des Ablaßwesens (Kirchenrechtliche Abhandlungen 30-31, Stuttgart 1906). Cyrille Vogel, En rémission des pechés. Recherches sur les systèmes pénitentiels dans l'Eglise latine (IIe-XIIIe siècles) (CS 450, Aldershot 1994). Arnold Angenendt, T. Braucks, Ralf Busch, Thomas Lentes, Hubertus Lutterbach, Gezählte Frömmigkeit, in; /Fruehmittelalterliche Studien 29/ (1995) 1-71. Robert W. Shaffern, Indulgences and saintly devotionalisms in the Middle Ages, in: /Catholic Hist. Review 84/ (1998) 643-661. Horst Enzensberger, "Quoniam ut ait apostolus". Osservazioni su lettere di indulgenza nei secoli XIII e XIV, in: /Studi medievali e moderni. //Arte, letteratura, storia/ 1 (1999) 57-100. I have not seen yet: R. N. Swanson, ed., Promissory notes on the treasury of merit: indulgences in late medieval Europe (Leiden 2006). yours, h.w. ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html