The Penitents' Treasury: Indulgences in Latin Christendom, 1175-1375

The Catholic Historical Review | January 1, 2009| | Copyright

The Penitents' Treasury: Indulgences in Latin Christendom, 1175-1375By Robert W. Shaffern. (Scranton: University of Scranton Press. 2007. Pp. x, 240. $40.00 clothbound, ISBN 978-1-589-66139-4; $25.00 paperback, ISBN 9781-589-66136-3.)

For English-reading medievalists, an accessible modern history of medieval indulgences has long been a desideratum. Robert Shaffern's volume, following several articles which have considerably advanced appreciation of the role and significance of indulgences in medieval Catholicism, goes far toward its provision.

This is, though, a short book for its subject. ...

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