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Latin Sermon Collections from Later Medieval England
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Until the Reformation, almost all sermons were written down in Latin. This is the first scholarly study systematically to describe and analyse the collections o
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Sarah Elliott Novacich explores how medieval thinkers pondered the ethics and pleasures of the archive. She traces three episodes of sacred history - the loss o
Matter and Making in Early English Poetry
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This revisionist literary history of early court poetry illuminates late-medieval and early modern theories of literary production.
Feeling Like Saints
Language: en
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Authors: Fiona Somerset
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-05-08 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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"Lollard" is the name given to followers of John Wyclif, the English dissident theologian who was dismissed from Oxford University in 1381 for his arguments reg
Ethics and Power in Medieval English Reformist Writing
Language: en
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The late medieval Church obliged all Christians to rebuke the sins of others, especially those who had power to discipline in Church and State: priests, confess