Blushing Before The Judge And Physician: Moral Arbitration In The Carolingian Empire
Abigail Firey
Confessions seem to litter the Carolingian landscape. This chapter proposes that imagery and arguments accrued in discourse surrounding confession had considerable impact on both pastoral legal concepts of moral authority medieval West. On one hand, it appears period, individual conscience gained recognition as a sanctified agent judgement. other seems such gain autonomy was matched by new mechanisms for investigation prosecution offenses advanced claims community over individual. The confessional experience criminal court were invested with potential intangible offenses, also modes pleading, Carolingians selected their moments blushing before judge. Keywords: blushing; Empire; confession; judge; arbitration
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