Preaching in Medieval England: An Introduction to Sermon Manuscripts of the Period c.1350-1450

✍ Scribed by G. R. Owst

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 406
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

First published in 1926, G. R. Owst's Preaching in Medieval England has remained a seminal work on the topic of English sermons of the period 1350-1450. In studying a largely neglected but important aspect of the medieval religious experience, the author adds considerably to our understanding of the pre-Reformation church. The book is in three parts - the preachers, the circumstances of the preaching and reception, and the sermons themselves. In the first section Owst discusses the different classes of preacher, the secular clergy, monks and particularly the wandering friars, famous for their preaching. In the second part he studies the experience of sermons, how, where and when they were delivered, and to whom. The examination of the sermons covers not only their content and language, but also the surviving manuals on preaching and eloquence, and advice to preachers. This wide ranging and scholarly book remains a crucial work on medieval preaching.

✦ Table of Contents

GENERAL PREFACE......Page 12
AUTHOR'S PREFACE......Page 14
CONTENTS......Page 20
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 22
CHAPTER I "BISHOPS AND CURATES"......Page 24
CHAPTER II
MONKS AND FRIARS......Page 71
CHAPTER III
"WANDERING STARS"......Page 119
CHAPTER IV "INTER MISSARUM SOLLEMNIA"......Page 167
CHAPTER V
"AT THE CROSS" AND "IN PROCESSION"......Page 218
CHAPTER VI THE SERMON LITERATURE AND ITS TYPES......Page 245
CHAPTER VII
MANUALS AND TREATISES......Page 302
CHAPTER VIII
SERMON-MAKING, OR THE THEORY AND
PRACTICE OF SACRED ELOQUENCE......Page 332
APPENDICES......Page 378
INDEX......Page 386

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