ISBN: 9781580443616 - late anglo-saxon prayer in practice: before the books of hours (publications of the richard rawlinson center) (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Kate Thomas, University of York, Heslington, GB.|Kate Thomas, University of York, Heslington, UK. .

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This monograph examines Anglo-Saxon prayer outside of the communal liturgy. With a particular emphasis on its practical aspects, it considers how small groups of prayers were elaborated into complex programs for personal devotion, resulting in the forerunners of the Special Offices. With examples being taken chiefly from major eleventh-century collections of prayers, liturgy and medical remedies, the methodologies of Anglo-Saxon compilers are examined, followed by five chapters on specialist kinds of prayer: to the Trinity and saints, for liturgical feasts and the canonical hours, to the Holy Cross, for protection and healing, and confessions. Analyzing prayer in a wide range of different situations, this book argues that Anglo-Saxon manuscripts may have included far more private offices than have so far been recognized, if we see them for what they were.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Late Anglo-Saxon Prayer in Practice | Before the Books of Hours | Kate H Thomas | Buch | XII | Englisch | 2020 | de Gruyter | EAN 9781580443616 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, De Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Str. 13, 10785 Berlin, productsafety[at]degruyterbrill[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. …