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Ancrene Wisse and vernacular spirit : from pastoral literature to vernacular spirituality / / Cate Gunn



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Autore: Gunn Cate Visualizza persona
Titolo: Ancrene Wisse and vernacular spirit : from pastoral literature to vernacular spirituality / / Cate Gunn Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: [Cardiff, Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2008
©2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vii, 243 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina: 255.901
Soggetto topico: Devotional literature, English (Middle) - History and criticism
English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism
Nuns - Religious life
Nuns - Books and reading - England - History - To 1500
Women - Religious aspects - Christianity
English
Languages & Literatures
English Literature
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction --Part I. The religious context --1. The Fourth Lateran Council --2. Eucharist theology --3. The female religious movement: anchorites and beguines --4. Anchorite spirituality --5. Lay piety --Part II. Pastoralia and vernacular pastoral literature --6. Pastoralia --7. The rhetoric of preaching --8. Beguine sermons --9. Pastoral literature --Part III. Ancrene Wisse: text and context --10. The rhetoric of Ancrene Wisse; i. Structure; ii. Exempla and similitudines --11. Ancrene Wisse: asceticism and contemplation --12. Reading Ancrene Wisse as vernacular spirituality --Conclusion --Bibliography --Index.
Sommario/riassunto: Provides an introduction to "Ancrene Wisse", one of the most important works in English of the thirteenth century. This book offers a fresh contextualisation which engages with the history of lay piety and vernacular spirituality in the Middle Ages. This book is innovative in that it provides an introduction to "Ancrene Wisse", one of the most important works in English of the thirteenth century. It offers a new contextualisation which engages with the history of lay piety and vernacular spirituality in the Middle Ages, thus extending analysis of the book beyond its original purpose as a guide for anchoresses. The placing of "Ancrene Wisse" within this context also allows comparisons to be made with other literature for semi-regular women, such as sermons preached to beguines - semi-religious women who formed communities in the Low Countries and France in the High Middle Ages.
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ISBN: 9780708320341
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910130754403321
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Serie: Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages (University of Wales Press).