Bartlett / Bestul Cultures of Piety

Medieval English Devotional Literature in Translation
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5017-2676-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Devotional texts in late medieval England were notable for their flamboyant piety and their preoccupation with the tortured body of Christ and the grief of the Virgin Mary. Generations of readers internalized and shaped the "cultures of piety" represented by these works. Anne Clark Bartlett and Thomas H. Bestul here gather seven examples of this literature, all written in the period 1350–1450, one in Anglo-Norman, the remainder in Middle English. (The volume includes an appendix containing the original texts of the latter six pieces.) The collection illustrates the polyglottal, conflicting, and often polemical nature of devotional culture in the Middle Ages. It provides a valuable context for and interesting counterpoint to the Canterbury Tales and other classic works of late medieval England. The introduction and the translators' headnotes discuss crucial aspects of the texts' histories and thematics, including the importance of the body in spiritual practices, the development of female patronage and of a wide audience for this literature, and the indivisibility of the political and the religious in medieval times.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bartlett, Anne Clark

Bestul, Thomas H.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Mittel- & Neulateinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliches Leben & Praxis
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

BartlettAnne Clark:
Anne Clark Bartlett is Assistant Professor of English at DePaul University.BestulThomas H.:
Thomas H. Bestul is Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of Texts of the Passion.