Reinventing Medieval Liturgy in Victorian England

Thomas Frederick Simmons and the Lay Folks' Mass Book

Jeremy J Smith author Professor David Jasper author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published:3rd Oct '23

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In 1879, Canon Thomas Frederick Simmons edited the late medieval poem now known as The Lay Folks' Mass Book creating what remains the standard edition of the text. This volume shows how Simmons' interest in the text was related profoundly to contemporary debates about worship in the Church of England, and how he used his medievalist researches as the basis for the most important attempt at Prayer Book revision between the Reformation and the twentieth century.

This is an excellent study, well researched, and is valuable for those who study liturgy, and the mind of the Victorian English Church, as well as the wider Romantic Movement. It is the first critical assessment of The Lay Folks' Mass Book since Simmons's edition, and places the work in its context. It also raises some questions for the contemporary Church of England. * International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church *

ISBN: 9781783277483

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 500g

280 pages