Cultures of Compunction in the Medieval World

Graham Williams is Senior Lecturer in the History of English at the University of Sheffield, UK. Charlotte Steenbrugge is Vice-Chancellor Fellow at the School of English, University of Sheffield, UK.

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction, Graham Williams (University of Sheffield, UK) and Charlotte Steenbrugge (University of Sheffield, UK)1. Crying out with the Compunction of the Prodigal Son: Byzantine Hymns, Liturgical Emotions and Icons of Repentance, Andrew Mellas (St Andrew's Theological College, Australia)2. Repenting in their Own Words: Old English Vocabulary for Compunction, Contrition, and Penitence, Daria Izdebska (Liverpool Hope University, UK)3. A Concept with Relevance? Compunction in Old Norse-Icelandic Literature, Roland Scheel (University of Gottingen, Germany)4. William of Auvergne and Compunction: Describing the World through Metaphors, Béatrice Delaurenti5. Sea-Water in Flame: Compunction in the Lambeth and Trinity Homilies, Ayoush Lazikani (University of Oxford, UK)6. The Expressions of Remorse in Old and Middle French Literature, Corinne Denoyelle (University of Grenoble-Alpes, France) and translated by Emily Reed7. Peter’s Three Tears, Véronique Plesch (Colby College, USA)BibliographyIndex

Ranging far geographically, temporally, and methodologically, this illuminating book demonstrates the varied roles compunction played not only in the languages, gestures, and feelings of medieval devotion but also in the conceptions and practices of its daily life.