The Liturgy of the Medieval Church

Edited by Thomas Heffernan Edited by E. Ann Matter

Book cover: The Liturgy of the Medieval Church

Extent: 734 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Medieval Studies, Religious Studies

Series: TEAMS Varia

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(April 2005)

ISBN: 9781580440912

6.14 x 9.21 inches

Price: $39.95

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PDF (Published)

(April 2005)

ISBN: 9781580445030

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This volume seeks to address the needs of teachers and advanced students who are preparing classes on the Middle Ages or who find themselves confounded in their studies by reference to the various liturgies that were fundamental to the lives of medieval peoples. In a series of essays, scholars of the liturgy examine The Shape of the Liturgical Year, Particular Liturgies, The Physical Setting of the Liturgy, The Liturgy and Books, and Liturgy and the Arts. A concluding essay, which originated in notes left behind by the late C. Clifford Flanigan, seeks to open the field, to examine liturgy within the larger and more inclusive category of ritual. The essays are intended to be introductory but to provide the basic facts and the essential bibliography for further study. They approach particular problems assuming a knowledge of medieval Europe but little expertise in liturgical studies per se.

Figures, Tables, Maps, and Appendices Photograph Acknowledgments Contributors Introduction to the Liturgy of the Medieval Church Part One: The Shape of the Liturgical Year A Monastic Conception of the Liturgical Year The Divine Office and Private Devotion in the Latin West The Liturgy and the Literature of Saints' Lives Part Two: Particular Liturgies Liturgy and Liturgical Daily Life in the Medieval Greek World - The Byzantine Empire The Liturgical Profile of the Parish Church in Medieval Sweden Jews and Judaism in the Medieval Latin Liturgy Sacramental Liturgies in the Middle Ages The Office for Saint Cecilia Part Three: The Physical Setting of the Liturgy Architecture as Liturgical Setting Church Porches and the Liturgy in Twelfth-Century Rome Liturgical Vessels and Implements Part Four: The Liturgy and Books Manuscripts of the Liturgy The Book of Hours Part Five: Liturgy and the Arts Iconography in the Liturgical Life of the Medieval Greek Church The Liturgy and Vernacular Literature Liturgical Drama and Community Discourse The Music of the Liturgy Gregorius Presul Composuit Hunc Libellum Musicae Artis Part Six: Expanding the Definitions of Medieval Liturgy Liturgy as Social Performance: Expanding the Definitions Glossary Index of Medieval Manuscripts Index of Biblical Citations Index of Modern Scholars Index of Feast Days General Index, Figures, Tables, Maps, and Appendices
Photograph Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction to the Liturgy of the Medieval Church
Part One: The Shape of the Liturgical Year
A Monastic Conception of the Liturgical Year
The Divine Office and Private Devotion in the Latin West
The Liturgy and the Literature of Saints' Lives
Part Two: Particular Liturgies
Liturgy and Liturgical Daily Life in the Medieval Greek World - The Byzantine Empire
The Liturgical Profile of the Parish Church in Medieval Sweden
Jews and Judaism in the Medieval Latin Liturgy
Sacramental Liturgies in the Middle Ages
The Office for Saint Cecilia
Part Three: The Physical Setting of the Liturgy
Architecture as Liturgical Setting
Church Porches and the Liturgy in Twelfth-Century Rome
Liturgical Vessels and Implements
Part Four: The Liturgy and Books
Manuscripts of the Liturgy
The Book of Hours
Part Five: Liturgy and the Arts
Iconography in the Liturgical Life of the Medieval Greek Church
The Liturgy and Vernacular Literature
Liturgical Drama and Community Discourse
The Music of the Liturgy
Gregorius Presul Composuit Hunc Libellum Musicae Artis
Part Six: Expanding the Definitions of Medieval Liturgy
Liturgy as Social Performance: Expanding the Definitions
Glossary
Index of Medieval Manuscripts
Index of Biblical Citations
Index of Modern Scholars
Index of Feast Days
General Index

  • Edited by Thomas Heffernan
  • Edited by E. Ann Matter