Worship in Medieval England (Past Imperfect)

Salisbury, Matthew Cheung

Arc Humanities Press（2018/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 104 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781641891158
• DDC分類 264.0200942

Full Description

The study of medieval liturgy can contribute richly to the discourses of textuality and culture in the Middle Ages. It can tell us a great deal not only about the worship of the church, but also about the people who practised it. However, existing scholarship can be problematic and difficult to use.

This short book aims to unsettle the notion that liturgiology is a mysterious, abstruse, and monolithic discipline. It challenges some scholarly orthodoxies, hints at the complexity of the liturgy as a subject for study and shows that it needs to be examined in ways quite different from the summary treatment it often receives. It also seeks to encourage the reader in his or her own (future) investigations of the topic by introducing some of the key ideas, resources, and methods, and proposes ways in which they might be explored.

Contents

Introduction
1. From Prescription to Reality: the Concept of Liturgical "Use" in England
2. Participation and Devotion in Worship
3. Working with Liturgical Sources
Selected Further Reading