Excerpt from Indulgences as a Social Factor in the Middle Ages<br><br>In order to understand indulgences at all cor rectly, it is necessary to go back to the penitential discipline of the early Middle Ages. According to the penitential regulations Of those days every single mortal Sin was covered by its own special penance - Often of three, five, seven, ten, or even more years. Apart from other penitential works, more or less strict fasting was most frequently imposed, not rarely on bread and water for months together.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.