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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Murchison, Krista A.
Titre(s) : Manuals for penitents in medieval England [Texte imprimé] : from "Ancrene Wisse" to the "Parson's tale" / Krista A. Murchison
Publication : Cambridge : D.S. Brewer, 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (175 pages) ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. 151-170. Index
"The "bestseller list" of medieval England would have included many manuals for penitents:
works that could teach the public about the process of confession, and explain the
abstract concept of sin through familiar situations. Among these 'bestselling' works
were the Manuel des péchés (commonly known through its English translation Handlyng
Synne), The Speculum Vitae, and Chaucer's Parson's Tale. This book is the first full-length
overview of this body of writing and its material and social contexts. It shows that
while manuals for penitents developed under the Church's control, they also became
a site of the Church's concern. Manuals such as the Compileison (which was addressed
to a much broader audience than its English analogue, Ancrene Wisse) brought learning
that had been controlled by the Church into the hands of layfolk and, in so doing,
raised significant concerns over who should have access to knowledge. Clerics worried
that these manuals might accidentally teach people new sins, remind them of old ones,
or become sites of prurient interest. This finding, and others explored in this book,
call for a new awareness of the complications and contradictions inherent in late
medieval orthodoxy and reveal plainly that even writing that happened firmly within
the Church's control could promote new and complex ways of thinking about religion
and the self."
Sujet(s) : Ancren riwle
Manuel des péchés
Speculum vitae
Chaucer, Geoffrey (1340?-1400). The parson's tale
Pénitence -- Doctrines religieuses -- Moyen âge
Littérature chrétienne médiévale
Littérature anglaise -- 1100-1500 (moyen anglais)
Indice(s) Dewey :
264.609 02 (23e éd.) = Pénitence (christianisme) - 0500-1499
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781843846086 (rel.). - ISBN 184384608X
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb468613736
Notice n° :
FRBNF46861373
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