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The late-medieval movement into 'vernacular theology,' as it has come to be called, inspired many forms of literary expression, in all the languages of Europe. Spanning a wide field, the contributors to this volume consider hagiography, translations of and commentaries on scripture, accounts of visionary experiences, and devotional literature. Their essays illuminate encounters with the divine mediated through language, bringing into play a diversity of national cultures and disciplinary points of view. They also engage vital social and political issues connected with religious experience, including challenges to authority, reinterpretations of texts, and renegotiations of gender roles.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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French
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Front Matter
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German and Flemish
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Front Matter
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Spanish
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Back Matter
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"The important themes of vernacularity, spirituality, and gender in the later Middle Ages are explored here across a broad European canvas. The Vernacular Spirit brings together studies of English, French, German, Flemish, and Spanish religious and devotional writing; while the volume defines certain issues in common among literary traditions, each essay presents a fully historicized reading of a particular vernacular spiritual community and its emergence within the terms of its own linguistic, cultural, and political tradition. This volume will be an excellent resource for comparative perspectives on vernacular spirituality, and for an understanding of the variety of vernacular literary formations in response to the growth of lay spirituality across medieval Europe." - Rita Copeland, University of Pennsylvania
About the authors
RENATE BLUMENFELD-KOSINSKI is Professor of French and director of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh.
NANCY WARREN is Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Utah State University. She is the author of Spritual Economies: Female Monasticism in Later Medieval England.
DUNCAN ROBERTSON is Professor of French and Spanish at Augusta State University and author of Medieval Saints' Lives.
NANCY WARREN is Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Utah State University. She is the author of Spritual Economies: Female Monasticism in Later Medieval England.
DUNCAN ROBERTSON is Professor of French and Spanish at Augusta State University and author of Medieval Saints' Lives.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Vernacular Spirit
Book Subtitle: Essays on Medieval Religious Literature
Editors: Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Duncan Robertson, Nancy Bradley Warren
Series Title: The New Middle Ages
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230107199
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Duncan Robertson, and Nancy Bradley Warren 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-38756-4Published: 17 July 2002
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-10719-9Published: 28 June 2002
Series ISSN: 2945-5936
Series E-ISSN: 2945-5944
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 324
Topics: Medieval Literature, Classical and Antique Literature, European Literature, Christianity, History of Medieval Europe