Thomas of Chobham (also called Thomas Chobham or Thomas of Chabham), English theologian and subdean of Salisbury, was born c. 1160, presumably in Chobham, Surrey, England, and died between 1233 and 1236 in Salisbury, England.

Thomas Chobham studied in Paris in the 1180s, likely under Peter the Chanter. He is best known for his influential work on penance which combines Canon law, theology, and practical advice for confessors. It is known by many titles, but its incipit is Cum miseratione domini.

[edit] Works

• Cum miseratione domini, a Summa de penitentia, published as Thomae de Chobham Summa Confessorum, edited by F. Broomfield, Analecta Mediaevalia Namurcensia 25 (Louvain: Éditions Nauwelaerts, 1968).

• Sermones, published as Thomas de Chobham, Sermones, edited by F. Morenzoni, Corpus Christianorum, continuatio medievalis 82A (Turnhout: Brepols, 1993).

• Summa de arte praedicandi, published as Thomas de Chobham, Summa de arte praedicandi, edited by F. Morenzoni, Corpus Christianorum, continuatio medievalis 82 (Turnhout: Brepols, 1988).
• Summa de commendatione virtutum et extirpatione vitiorum, published as Thomas de Chobham, Summa de commendatione virtutum et extirpatione vitiorum, edited by F. Morenzoni, Corpus Christianorum, continuatio medievalis 82B (Turnhout: Brepols, 1997).

[edit] Bibliography

In addition to the introductions and notes to the above works, see:

• J. W. Baldwin, Masters, Princes and Merchants: The Social Views of Peter the Chanter and His Circle, 2 vv. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1970).
• Gillian R. Evans. “Thomas of Chobham on Preaching and Exegesis,” Recherches de théologie ancienne et médiévale 52 (1985): 159–70.
• Joseph Goering, “Chobham, Thomas of (d. 1233×6)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004).
• Joseph Goering, William de Montibus (c. 1140–1213): The Schools and the Literature of Pastoral Care, Studies and Texts 108 (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1992).
• H.F. Rubel, “Chabham’s Penitential and its Influence in the Thirteenth Century,” Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 40, no. 2 (June 1925): 225–39.