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

This book examines the audiences and languages of Dominican sermons in late medieval Italy. It is a thorough analysis of how Latinate theological culture interacted with popular religious devotion. In particular it assesses the role of vernacular theology. Eliana Corbari defines vernacular theology as a form of theology that is based neither on a Latin scholastic model nor a monastic one. It is a “third dimension” of theology which was accessible to the laity, and in particular women, through their attendance at sermons and the reading of vernacular devotional works (in this case, medieval Italian treatises and sermons). Through painstaking manuscript work, Corbari makes an excellent contribution to sermon studies, gender studies, medieval theology, and codicology. She demonstrates that Dominican friars preached to an active contingent of laywomen, usually members of confraternities, who not only attended these sermons but re-read them and also disseminated them through book production to the wider Florentine community.

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.