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The Medieval Church · c. 1008–1012
The Decretum
Burchard of Worms · c. 950–1025
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What it is
Twenty books of canon law for a working bishop, the nineteenth of which is a penitential listing in detail the folk practices confessors should ask about.
Why it lasted
The standard canon law collection before Gratian, and its penitential book is the richest catalogue of surviving pagan custom in medieval Europe.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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