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Although several other scholars have attempted editions of parts of the earlier recension of the Decretum, no edition has been produced that is as long, as complete, or as fully sourced as this one. It is a milestone of canonical scholarship and deserves to be pondered and celebrated." - Ecclesiastical Law Journal

This is an extremely well-researched and well-presented study that is informed by meticulous textual analysis from the manuscripts...Yet this book goes even further in that Larson asks the reader to consider the development of both theological and legal thought in the second half of the twelfth century...a splendid achievement, and Larson is to be both thanked and congratulated on such a stimulating book." -American Historical Review "By focus...

Presents the first full-scale study of the Tractatus de penitentia (C.33 q.3) in Gratian's Decretum, which became the textbook for canon law and served as the basis of the church's developing jurisprudence, in theory and in practice. This study examines the treatise in its entirety, providing a commentary on the content of the treatise and an examination of its relationship to the early twelfth-century schools.

Gratian's Decretum is one of the major works in European history, a text that in many ways launched the field of canon law. In this new volume, Atria Larson presents to students and scholars alike a critical edition of De penitentia (Decretum C.33 q.3), the foundational text on penance, both for canon law and for theology, of the twelfth century.