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1 online resource (267 pages) |
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Oxford studies in medieval literature and culture |
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Oxford studies in medieval literature and culture
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| Contents |
Cover -- Devotion to the Name of Jesus in Medieval English Literature, c.1100-c.1530 -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Analytic Overview -- The Development of the Devotion to the Name of Jesus: Broader Religious Contexts -- Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Cultural Contexts -- Pan-European and English Perspectives: A Brief Survey -- Chapter Overview -- CHAPTER ONE: Jesus and His Name: The Emergence of a New Devotional Attitude -- Bernard and the Invention of the Devotion in the West -- Biblical and Early Christian Antecedents -- The Anselmian Contribution: The Meditatio ad concitandum timorem -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER TWO: The Dulcis Iesu memoria Tradition and the Devotion to the Name of Jesus -- The Latin Dulcis Iesu memoria -- Latin, Anglo-Norman, and Middle English Adaptations of Dulcis Iesu memoria -- The Second Council of Lyon (1274) and its Aftermath -- Guibert of Tournai's Sermones de nomine Iesu (De laude melliflui nominis domini nostri) -- Thirteenth-Century Manifestations of the Devotion to the Name of Jesus in England -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER THREE: The Name and Spiritual Song-Anglo-Norman Lyrics, Richard Rolle, and the Fourteenth-Century Tradition -- Anglo-Norman Adaptations -- Middle English Versions of Dulcis Iesu memoria -- Richard Rolle, the Name of Jesus and Heavenly Song: The Latin Writings -- Rolle's Legacy: Middle English Writings -- Analogues to Rolle's Devotion to the Name: Henry Suso -- Walter Hilton on the Use of the Name of Jesus -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER FOUR: Rollean Afterlives: Fifteenth-Century Texts, Compilations, and Manuscripts -- The Oleum effusum Compilation -- Manuscript Evidence -- Richard Methley and the Devotion to the Name -- Para-liturgical Evidence -- The Name of Jesus in Devotional Compilations: The Chastising of God's Children and Disce mori -- Pore Caitif: Orthodoxy and Lollard Interests in the Holy Name -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER FIVE: The Book of Margery Kempe, Eleanor Hull's Meditation, and Fifteenth-Century Devotion to the Name -- The Book of Margery Kempe and the Name of Jesus -- 'she shalle ber a sonne þat ye shalle calle Ihesu': Eleanor Hull's Meditation on the Name -- Devotions, Benefactions, and the Sermon for the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus -- Thomas Rotherham (1423-1500) -- Lady Margaret Beaufort (c.1441-1509) -- The Sermon for the Holy Name of Jesus -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Manuscripts -- Theses and Unpublished Materials -- Primary -- Secondary -- Internet Resources -- Index -- Manuscript Index |
| Summary |
"Devotion to the Name of Jesus in Medieval English Literature, c.1100–c.1530 explores the literary development of the devotion to the Name of Jesus in late medieval England, up to the Reformation, in a period that witnessed its spread from an individual to a communal practice, along with its recognition as an official liturgical feast in the late fifteenth century. In doing so, it addresses a fundamental gap in research in medieval literary studies, exploring how the devotion developed and was appropriated, becoming an intrinsic part of spiritual practice in late medieval England. The study takes into consideration medieval England’s multilingualism by looking at the circulation of the devotion in Latin, Anglo-Norman, continental French, and Middle English. One of the ways of assessing the popularity of the devotion to the Name is by probing its use within devotional compilations. It also shows the important role played by the fourteenth-century mystic Richard Rolle as one of the main propagators of the devotion in the North, although Anglo-Norman and French material was already in circulation in the thirteenth century and was possibly the main source material for Eleanor Hull. Focused on Hull and Margery Kempe, the monograph looks at the role played by women as authors, patrons, and users of the devotion in the late medieval period. The sermon for the Holy Name of Jesus included by Caxton in his 1491 edition of John Mirk’s Festial provides further literary evidence of the spread of the devotion among late medieval Christians in England, including Thomas of Rotherham and Lady Margaret Beaufort"--Publisher's description |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English text, with passages in Middle English, French, and Latin, with parallel English translations from the French and Latin |
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed on August 18, 2023) |
| Subject |
English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism
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Christian life in literature.
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Christian life in literature
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English literature -- Middle English
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780192646439 |
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0192646435 |
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9780191915215 |
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0191915211 |
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9780192646422 |
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0192646427 |
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