Texts and Traditions of Medieval Pastoral Care

Essays in Honour of Bella Millett

Cate Gunn editor Catherine Innes-Parker editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:York Medieval Press

Published:19th Nov '09

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Texts and Traditions of Medieval Pastoral Care cover

New essays on the burgeoning of pastoral and devotional literature in medieval England. Pastoral and devotional literature flourished throughout the middle ages, and its growth and transmutations form the focus of this collection. Ranging historically from the difficulties of localizing Anglo-Saxon pastoral texts tothe reading of women in late-medieval England, the individual essays survey its development and its transformation into the literature of vernacular spirituality. They offer both close examinations of particular manuscripts, and of individual texts, including an anonymous Speculum iuniroum, the Speculum religiosorum of Edmund of Abingdon and later vernacular compositions and translations, such as Handlyng Synne and Bonaventure's Lignum Vitae. The reading and devotional use of texts by women and solitaries is also considered. They therefore form an appropriate tribute to the work of Bella Millett, whose research has done so much to advance our knowledge of the field. Contributors: Alexandra Barratt, Mishtooni Bose, Joseph Goering, Brian Golding, C. Annette Grise, Cate Gunn, Ralph Hanna, Bob Hasenfratz, Catherine Innes-Parker, E. A. Jones, Derek Pearsall, Elaine Treharne, Nicholas Watson, Jocelyn Wogan-Browne

[A]n impressive collection [...] each of these essays profits from and continues the tradition of 'enterprise, ingenuity and spirit of intellectual adventure' that Millett's own research demonstrates. * THE REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES *

ISBN: 9781903153291

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Weight: 1g

242 pages