Medievalists.net » Liturgy http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Friars Preachers: The First Hundred Years of the Dominican Order http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/friars-preachers-first-hundred-years-dominican-order/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/friars-preachers-first-hundred-years-dominican-order/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2014 00:40:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52412 When Dominic of Caleruega began preaching in southern France in the early 1200s, he would have had no idea of the far reaching influence that the band of men he would attract would leave such a broad and enduring influence on medieval history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/friars-preachers-first-hundred-years-dominican-order/feed/ 0 Women’s Devotional Bequests of Textiles in the Late Medieval English Parish Church, c.1350-1550 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/18/womens-devotional-bequests-textiles-late-medieval-english-parish-church-c-1350-1550/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/18/womens-devotional-bequests-textiles-late-medieval-english-parish-church-c-1350-1550/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2014 09:59:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51936 My investigation is set within the context of the current high level of interest in the workings of the late medieval parish.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/18/womens-devotional-bequests-textiles-late-medieval-english-parish-church-c-1350-1550/feed/ 0 Monastic Space and the Use of Books in Anglo-Norman England http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/21/monastic-space-use-books-anglo-norman-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/21/monastic-space-use-books-anglo-norman-england/#comments Wed, 21 May 2014 19:56:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49768 My summary of a paper given at the Institute of Historical Research on: Monastic Space and the Use of Books in Anglo-Norman England.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/21/monastic-space-use-books-anglo-norman-england/feed/ 0 The Augustinian Canons in England and Wales: Architecture, Archaeology and Liturgy 1100-1540 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/12/augustinian-canons-england-wales-architecture-archaeology-liturgy-1100-1540/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/12/augustinian-canons-england-wales-architecture-archaeology-liturgy-1100-1540/#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2014 23:28:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48936 The Augustinian canons remain very much the Cinderellas of British medieval monastic history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/12/augustinian-canons-england-wales-architecture-archaeology-liturgy-1100-1540/feed/ 0 St George’s Day: A Cultural History http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/27/st-georges-day-a-cultural-history/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/27/st-georges-day-a-cultural-history/#comments Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:26:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47088 The modern celebration of St. George’s Day, frequently associated with intense English nationalism, grew out of a religious feast that commemorated a Middle-Eastern individual who died protesting an intolerant empire.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/27/st-georges-day-a-cultural-history/feed/ 0 Transformations of Print into Painting: A Case Study of the Context of Prints in an Illustrated Brigittine Psalter http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/11/transformations-of-print-into-painting-a-case-study-of-the-context-of-prints-in-an-illustrated-brigittine-psalter/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/11/transformations-of-print-into-painting-a-case-study-of-the-context-of-prints-in-an-illustrated-brigittine-psalter/#comments Sun, 12 Jan 2014 01:30:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46588 This liturgical psalter raises issues of the production and consumption of religious texts in convents in the northern Netherlands.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/11/transformations-of-print-into-painting-a-case-study-of-the-context-of-prints-in-an-illustrated-brigittine-psalter/feed/ 0 On Omissions and Substitutions in the Medieval English Translations of the Gospel http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/20/on-omissions-and-substitutions-in-the-medieval-english-translations-of-the-gospel/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/20/on-omissions-and-substitutions-in-the-medieval-english-translations-of-the-gospel/#comments Fri, 20 Dec 2013 23:18:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45929 In view of this we carried out research on two English medieval translations of John’s Gospel, believing that their comparison would not only reveal differences in the perception and experience of biblical concepts (expressed through language), but also those in culture, society and cognition that occurred in the period between their occurrence.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/20/on-omissions-and-substitutions-in-the-medieval-english-translations-of-the-gospel/feed/ 0 The King’s Three Images: The representation of St. Edward the Confessor in historiography, hagiography and liturgy http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/06/the-kings-three-images-the-representation-of-st-edward-the-confessor-in-historiography-hagiography-and-liturgy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/06/the-kings-three-images-the-representation-of-st-edward-the-confessor-in-historiography-hagiography-and-liturgy/#comments Sat, 07 Dec 2013 01:25:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45533 This study will revolve around the characterisation of Edward as constructed in the various surviving texts, and its emphasis will be twofold: my primary concern is to explore how St. Edward the Confessor's images were constructed, i.e. how he is represented in the various texts written about him.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/06/the-kings-three-images-the-representation-of-st-edward-the-confessor-in-historiography-hagiography-and-liturgy/feed/ 0 Christ in Motion: Portable Objects and Scenographic Environments in the Liturgy of Medieval Bohemia http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/05/christ-in-motion-portable-objects-and-scenographic-environments-in-the-liturgy-of-medieval-bohemia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/05/christ-in-motion-portable-objects-and-scenographic-environments-in-the-liturgy-of-medieval-bohemia/#comments Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:09:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45503 It accordingly seems clear, from many preserved accounts, that by the end of the fifteenth century the rubric of the Church of Prague was no longer the same and that progressive versions contained different layers of alteration to the performance practice of Palm Sunday ritual.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/05/christ-in-motion-portable-objects-and-scenographic-environments-in-the-liturgy-of-medieval-bohemia/feed/ 0 Teaching the Creed and Articles of Faith in England: Lateran IV to Ignorantia sacerdotum http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/14/teaching-the-creed-and-articles-of-faith-in-england-lateran-iv-to-ignorantia-sacerdotum/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/14/teaching-the-creed-and-articles-of-faith-in-england-lateran-iv-to-ignorantia-sacerdotum/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:24:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40445 The broad conclusion of this thesis is that the available evidence shows that the basic principles of Christian doctrine were available both to the lower clergy who would preach and teach the Creed and Articles of Faith and also to the laity who would receive this preaching and instruction.

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