03975nam 22007452 450 99624833430331620151005020622.01-107-20165-91-281-98292-X97866119829280-511-46476-20-511-57550-50-511-46323-50-511-46550-50-511-46243-30-511-46402-9(CKB)1000000000693075(EBL)410154(OCoLC)476232410(SSID)ssj0000190004(PQKBManifestationID)11178424(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000190004(PQKBWorkID)10166203(PQKB)11216389(UkCbUP)CR9780511575501(MiAaPQ)EBC410154(EXLCZ)99100000000069307520090522d2008|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLay piety and religious discipline in Middle English literature /Nicole R. Rice[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2008.1 online resource (xviii, 247 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge studies in medieval literature ;73Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-40465-7 0-521-89607-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Translations of the cloister : regulating spiritual aspiration -- Dialogic form and clerical understanding -- Lordship, pastoral care, and the order of charity -- Clerical widows and the reform of preaching -- Conclusion : spiritual guides in fifteenth-century books : cultural change and continuity.In late-fourteenth-century England, the persistent question of how to live the best life preoccupied many pious Christians. One answer was provided by a new genre of prose guides that adapted professional religious rules and routines for lay audiences. These texts engaged with many of the same cultural questions as poets like Langland and Chaucer; however, they have not received the critical attention they deserve until now. Nicole Rice analyses how the idea of religious discipline was translated into varied literary forms in an atmosphere of religious change and controversy. By considering the themes of spiritual discipline, religious identity, and orthodoxy in Langland and Chaucer, the study also brings fresh perspectives to bear on Piers Plowman and The Canterbury Tales. This juxtaposition of spiritual guidance and poetry will form an important contribution to our understanding of both authors and of late medieval religious practice and thought.Cambridge studies in medieval literature ;73.Lay Piety & Religious Discipline in Middle English LiteratureEnglish prose literatureMiddle English, 1100-1500History and criticismEnglish poetryMiddle English, 1100-1500History and criticismReligion and literatureEnglandHistoryTo 1500Spiritual life in literatureSpiritual lifeChristianityHistory of doctrinesMiddle Ages, 600-1500Religious thoughtMiddle Ages, 600-1500English prose literatureHistory and criticism.English poetryHistory and criticism.Religion and literatureHistorySpiritual life in literature.Spiritual lifeChristianityHistory of doctrinesReligious thought820.9/382Rice Nicole R.1973-1015550UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK996248334303316Lay piety and religious discipline in Middle English literature2371940UNISA