List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction, Graham Williams (University of Sheffield, UK) and Charlotte Steenbrugge (University of Sheffield, UK)1. Crying out with the Compunction of the Prodigal Son: Byzantine Hymns, Liturgical Emotions and Icons of Repentance, Andrew Mellas (St Andrew's Theological College, Australia)2. Repenting in their Own Words: Old English Vocabulary for Compunction, Contrition, and Penitence, Daria Izdebska (Liverpool Hope University, UK)3. A Concept with Relevance? Compunction in Old Norse-Icelandic Literature, Roland Scheel (University of Gottingen, Germany)4. William of Auvergne and Compunction: Describing the World through Metaphors, Béatrice Delaurenti5. Sea-Water in Flame: Compunction in the Lambeth and Trinity Homilies, Ayoush Lazikani (University of Oxford, UK)6. The Expressions of Remorse in Old and Middle French Literature, Corinne Denoyelle (University of Grenoble-Alpes, France) and translated by Emily Reed7. Peter’s Three Tears, Véronique Plesch (Colby College, USA)BibliographyIndex

Ranging far geographically, temporally, and methodologically, this illuminating book demonstrates the varied roles compunction played not only in the languages, gestures, and feelings of medieval devotion but also in the conceptions and practices of its daily life.

This wide-ranging monograph series responds to emerging themes and interdisciplinary research methods in medieval scholarship, including the reception and reworking of the medieval in the post-medieval period. Particular concerns involve cataloguing the rich variety of experience of medieval people and exploring cultural transfer across different periods, places and groups. These are expressed in the many scholarly themes highlighted below and, taken together, seek to contribute to the future directions and debates of medieval studies.Key Themes:* Medieval lives including marginal voices, variation and dissimilitude* Cultural exchange and interconnectedness across medieval Europe* The reception and re-use of the Middle Ages in later periods* Re-evaluating medieval history from a global perspectiveWe particularly welcome proposals from scholars working in the following areas:- religious and ethnic minorities- gender and queer history- emotional communities- postcolonial perspectives- travel, trade and migration- work that extends reception of the Middle Ages beyond the predominantly British perspectives of published work to date- digital and new media receptions- work responding to the idea of an ‘ethical turn’