Scito te ipsum. La responsabilidad individual y los penitenciales del siglo XII / Scito te ipsum. Individual Responsibility and 12th Century Penitentials

Abstract

In this paper we introduce the great innovation that takes place in the XIIth century in relation to individual responsibility; this novelty is analyzed in contraposition to what happened in previous centuries of the Early Middle Ages. The main source used are the Penitential Books, specially the one by Alan of Lille.