Lying and Perjury in Medieval Practical Thought - Corran, Emily
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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.

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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.
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Autorenporträt
Emily Corran is a Junior Research Fellow in Medieval history at St John's College, Oxford. She completed her doctoral thesis in the History Department of University College London in 2015. She has published articles on medieval Biblical Exegesis, Peter John Olivi's thought on lying, and on topics in medieval canon law. She has taught as a lecturer in the History Department at the University of Kent.