Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
LMEMS 21 Middle English Religious Writing in Practice Rice: Texts, Readers, and Transformations

LMEMS 21 Middle English Religious Writing in Practice Rice: Texts, Readers, and Transformations

Rice, Nicole R.

Hardcover

Series: Late Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Book 21

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryLiterary CriticismGeneral Christianity

Currently unavailable to order

ISBN10: 250354102X
ISBN13: 9782503541020
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Published: Jul 16 2013
Pages: 290
Weight: 1.40
Height: 0.91 Width: 6.51 Depth: 9.41
Language: English
Although the Middle English texts broadly categorized as 'devotional literature' have received considerable scholarly attention in recent years, much work remains to be done on the cultural meanings and textual transformations of vernacular religious writing during the later medieval period and into the sixteenth century. During these years, popular (but still little-studied) late medieval works such as the Pore Caitif circulated in varied forms amid changing circumstances: the expansion of audiences for Middle English texts, the emergence and persecution of Lollardy, attempts at ecclesiastical censorship, the advent of printing, and the Henrician Reformation. How did Middle English religious texts answer changing cultural and practical needs and the requirements of orthodoxy? How did older texts find new readers; how did these readers alter and deploy them? This collection capitalizes on widespread current interest in these questions, gathering original essays that analyze the many forms, meanings, and legacies of Middle English religious writing.

Also in

Medieval & Renaissance History

View All