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Two Middle English Prayer Cycles: Holkham, Prayers and Meditations and Simon Appulby, Fruyte of Redempcyon

Two Middle English Prayer Cycles: Holkham, Prayers and Meditations and Simon Appulby, Fruyte of Redempcyon

Parsons, Ben

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Series: Teams Middle English Texts

Literary CriticismFiction AnthologiesPrayerbooks

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ISBN10: 1580446825
ISBN13: 9781580446822
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Published: Oct 9 2023
Pages: 218
Weight: 4.68
Language: English

This volume presents the first critical editions of two fascinating but overlooked medieval prayer sequences: the Holkham Prayers and Meditations (c. 1400-1420), a rare example of medieval religious literature by a female author written to guide a religious sustir in her devotions; and Simon Appulby's Fruyte of Redempcyon (1514), composed by one of England's last anchorites to serve his urban community. Patterned after the widely influential fourteenth-century Meditationes vitae Christi (Meditations on the Life of Christ) and its psychological model of prayer, both cycles direct their readers to imagine themselves in Jesus's presence during key events of Christian history, mystically envisioning and experiencing Christ's life and passion in the here and now through a state of spiritual intimacy. Despite their differences in century, contexts, and intended audiences, these prayer sequences together introduce readers to one of the most vital and idiosyncratic traditions of medieval Christian devotion.

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