Jacopo Passavanti
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-6313-4 (ISBN)
Jacopo Passavanti: The Mirror of True Penitence presents a complete English translation of Jacopo Passavanti’s unfinished summa on penitence – an essential yet often overlooked work of 14th-century religious thought. Based on his 1354 Lenten sermons at the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, this book organizes and expands Passavanti’s teachings into a structured guide on sin, confession, and repentance, making them accessible beyond the fleeting moment of oral delivery.
Written in vernacular Italian rather than Latin, this work reflects the growing importance of Tuscan as a literary and intellectual language, placing Passavanti among the key figures shaping Florence’s cultural evolution. His clear, engaging prose blends medieval Scholasticicism with vivid storytelling, using historical references and familiar exempla to illustrate moral teachings.
A crucial addition to medieval studies, this translation brings Passavanti’s voice to modern readers, illuminating a pivotal moment in Florence’s spiritual and cultural history.
Michael Sherberg is a former president of the American Boccaccio Association, and erstwhile chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Washington University.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Bibliography
Key to Abbreviations
The Mirror of True Penitence
1. Prologue
2. First Distinction: Wherein we show what penitence is.
3. Second Distinction: Wherein we show how many things there are that lead us to penitence, and not to delay it.
4. Third Distinction: Wherein we show what things impede us and hold us back from penitence.
5. Fourth Distinction: Wherein we show what the parts of penitence are, and how many things are required for true penitence. And first we will talk about the main part, which is contrition.
6. Fifth Distinction: Wherein we deal with the second part of penitence, namely confession.
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.01.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Toronto Italian Studies |
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 500 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4875-6313-2 / 1487563132 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-6313-4 / 9781487563134 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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