Corbari Vernacular Theology

Dominican Sermons and Audience in Late Medieval Italy
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-11-024033-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 22, 262 Seiten

Reihe: Trends in Medieval PhilologyISSN

Zielgruppe

Medieaevalists; Church Historians; Institutes; Libraries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Corbari, Eliana

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Table of Figures;11
2;Acknowledgements;13
3;Introduction;15
3.1;Why is sermon literature an important source?;15
3.2;What is the relevance of Lent?;18
3.3;What are the implications of vernacular sermons?;20
3.4;Hermeneutical keys: Quis, quid, ubi, per quos, quotiens, cur, quomodo, quando?;25
4;Chapter One: Quid and quis;31
4.1;Quid – what have you done?;31
4.1.1;Sermones quadragesimales;31
4.1.2;Quaresimale fiorentino;36
4.1.3;Lo specchio della vera penitenza;43
4.2;Quis – who are you?;50
4.2.1;Jacopo da Varazze;51
4.2.2;Giordano da Pisa;54
4.2.3;Jacopo Passavanti;63
4.3;Conclusion;68
5;Chapter Two: Reception and dissemination of Dominican sermons in late medieval Florence;71
5.1;Sermons as literature;71
5.2;Literary audience of vernacular Dominican sermons;73
5.3;Women learning and teaching;74
5.4;Vernacular theology;76
5.5;Reading habits in Florence;79
5.6;Description of manuscripts;81
5.7;Case studies;105
5.7.1;Firenze, Biblioteca Riccardiana, Ms. 1277;106
5.7.2;Firenze, Biblioteca Riccardiana, Ms. 1338;110
5.7.3;Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Ms. II.IV.167;113
5.8;Overview;116
6;Chapter Three: Dominican reading, seeing, and believing;121
6.1;Divine science;121
6.2;Double divine science;131
6.3;Learning vernacular theology;132
6.4;Women protagonists;138
6.5;Mary Magdalen;140
6.6;Martha and Martilla;146
6.7;Visible women;149
6.8;Women in the Dominican chapter house;150
6.9;Women in the public square;154
6.10;Exemplary women;158
6.11;Conclusion;161
7;Chapter Four: Villana de’ Botti;163
7.1;Latin vita and vernacular theology;163
7.2;One among many;164
7.3;A Dominican laywoman;166
7.4;A married penitent;167
7.5;The vita of Villana;168
7.6;An active, visible, and vocal audience;173
7.7;A learned Dominican penitent;176
7.8;Villana’s memory;180
7.9;The memorial of women;182
7.10;The memorial of lay societies;186
7.11;The memories for the friars;194
7.12;Conclusion;200
8;Conclusions;203
9;Appendices;207
9.1;Appendix A: Comparative index of thema of Lenten sermons;207
9.2;Appendix B: Translations;219
9.3;Appendix C: Bibliographical abbreviations for Chapter Two, description of manuscripts;231
9.4;Appendix D: Quantitative analysis of manuscripts examined in Chapter Two;237
10;Bibliography;241
11;Index;259

Über Autor(innen)

Eliana Corbari, University of Bristol, Great Britain.