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Approaching the Bible in Medieval England
Eyal Poleg
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Description for Approaching the Bible in Medieval England
Paperback. 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. Series: Manchester Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, Halftones, colour|Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ADL; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRCC2; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
How did people learn their Bibles in the Middle Ages? Did church murals, biblical manuscripts, sermons or liturgical processions transmit the Bible in the same way? This book unveils the dynamics of biblical knowledge and dissemination in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century England. An extensive and interdisciplinary survey of biblical manuscripts and visual images, sermons and chants, reveals how the unique qualities of each medium became part of the way the Bible was known and recalled; how oral, textual, performative and visual means of transmission joined to present a surprisingly complex biblical worldview. This study of liturgy and preaching, ... Read more
How did people learn their Bibles in the Middle Ages? Did church murals, biblical manuscripts, sermons or liturgical processions transmit the Bible in the same way? This book unveils the dynamics of biblical knowledge and dissemination in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century England. An extensive and interdisciplinary survey of biblical manuscripts and visual images, sermons and chants, reveals how the unique qualities of each medium became part of the way the Bible was known and recalled; how oral, textual, performative and visual means of transmission joined to present a surprisingly complex biblical worldview. This study of liturgy and preaching, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Manchester Medieval Studies
Condition
New
Weight
407g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784993740
SKU
V9781784993740
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About Eyal Poleg
Eyal Poleg is Lecturer in Material History, 1200-1700, at Queen Mary University of London -- .
Reviews for Approaching the Bible in Medieval England
'Approaching the Bible in medieval England is an absorbing and suggestive book. It is richly interdisciplinary, informed by a breadth of knowledge and scholarship. As well as its productive model for reception history it offers a compelling account of the relationship between texts and practice in the religious culture of later medieval England.' Julia Boffey, Queen Mary, University of ... Read more