Liturgy in Medieval England - A History

Klappentext This book provides a comprehensive historical treatment of the Latin liturgy in medieval England. Zusammenfassung This book provides a comprehensive historical treatment of the Latin liturgy in medieval England. Richard Pfaff constructs a history of the worship carried out in churches - cathedral! monastic! or parish - primarily through the surviving manuscripts of service books! and sets this within the context of the wider political! ecclesiastical! and cultural history of the period. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Early Anglo-Saxon England: a partly traceable story; 3. Later Anglo-Saxon: liturgy for England; 4. The Norman conquest: cross fertilizations; 5. Monastic liturgy, 1100-1215; 6. Benedictine liturgy after 1215; 7. Other monastic orders; 8. The non-monastic religious orders: canons regular; 9. The non-monastic religious orders: friars; 10. Old Sarum: the beginnings of Sarum use; 11. New Sarum and the spread of Sarum use; 12. Exeter: the fullness of secular liturgy; 13. Southern England: final Sarum use; 14. Regional uses and local variety; 15. Towards the end of the story.

Product details

• Authors: Richard W. Pfaff, Richard William Pfaff
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.04.2012
• EAN: 9781107405561
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40556-1
• No. of pages: 622
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; England, Christianity, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Prayers and liturgical material