Understanding Medieval Liturgy: Essays in Interpretation and The Liturgy of the Late Anglo-Saxon Church

The Liturgy of the Late Anglo-Saxon Church

Understanding Medieval Liturgy: Essays in Interpretation

Name: Understanding Medieval Liturgy: Essays in Interpretation
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Author: Helen Gittos
ISBN: 9780367135799

by Helen Gittos, Sarah Hamilton

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Publisher: Routledge
15.6 x 23.4 x 1.9 cm

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This book provides an introduction to current work and new directions in the study of medieval liturgy. It focuses primarily on so-called occasional rituals such as burial, church consecration, exorcism and excommunication rather than on the Mass and Office. Recent research on such rites challenges many established ideas, especially about the extent to which they differed from place to place and over time, and how the surviving evidence should be interpreted. These essays are designed to offer guidance about current thinking, especially for those who are new to the subject, want to know more about it, or wish to conduct research on liturgical topics. Bringing together scholars working in different disciplines (history, literature, architectural history, musicology and theology), time periods (from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries) and intellectual traditions, this collection demonstrates the great potential that liturgical evidence offers for understanding many aspects of the Middle Ages. It includes essays that discuss the practicalities of researching liturgical rituals; show through case studies the problems caused by over-reliance on modern editions; explore the range of sources for particular ceremonies and the sort of questions which can be asked of them; and go beyond the rites themselves to investigate how liturgy was practised and understood in the medieval period.

Authors
Helen Gittos +1
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Routledge
Published
January 2019
Weight
495g
Dimensions
15.6 x 23.4 x 1.9 cm
ISBN
9780367135799
ISBN-10
0367135795
Eden Code
4957981

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