Introduction -- Equivocation and casuistry -- The early casuistry of lying and perjury -- Moral dilemmas -- Lying and perjury in confessors' manuals -- Theoretical problems and authoritative voices -- Some comments on later casuistry and 'Jesuitical' equivocation
Summary
This book investigates questions on lying and perjury as they were discussed in the Middle Ages, showing that while the word for this practical moral theology - casuistry - was not invented until the Renaissance, the practice of this genre of medieval academic thought was widespread, especially in works produced for priests hearing confessions
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed September 5, 2018)
