Approaching the Bible in Medieval England

Informationen zum Autor Eyal Poleg is a Lecturer in Material History, 1200-1700, at Queen Mary University of London Klappentext Traces how the Bible came to be known by lay people through different mediums. It brings together intellectual and religious history with art history, music, literature and social history to trace how the Bible was sung and preached, revered and studied in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century England. To come Zusammenfassung Traces how the Bible came to be known by lay people through different mediums. It brings together intellectual and religious history with art history! music! literature and social history to trace how the Bible was sung and preached! revered and studied in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century England. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. The Bible and liturgy: Palm Sunday processions2. The Bible as talisman: textus and oath-books 3. Paratext and meaning in Late Medieval Bibles 4. Preaching the Bible: three Advent Sunday sermonsConclusion Appendix: A survey of Late Medieval Bibles BibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Eyal Poleg
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2013
• EAN: 9780719089541
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8954-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Manchester Medieval Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works