Ancrene Wisse and vernacular spirit : from pastoral literature to vernacular spirituality

Ancrene Wisse and vernacular spirit from pastoral literature to vernacular spirituality

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 provi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Gunn, Cate, Author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cardiff University of Wales Press 2007
[Cardiff, Wales] : 2008
Colección:Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages (University of Wales Press).
Materias:
Ancren riwle.
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
cultuur
middle ages
culture
religie
religion
middeleeuwen
Anchorite
Ancrene Wisse
Beguines and Beghards
God
Laity
Spirituality
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009660931106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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