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Devotional texts in late medieval England were notable for their flamboyant piety and their preoccupation with the tortured body of Christ and the grief of the Virgin Mary. Generations of readers internalized and shaped the "cultures of piety"...



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In all, the selections chosen for Cultures of Piety coalesce into a provocative overview of popular piety and will serve as a useful complement to traditional readings in medieval literature, even as they provide a rich contribution to recent scholarship in late medieval devotional practices.

-- Virginia Blanton-Whetsell, Marist College * Arthuriana *

The introductions to each selection and detailed footnotes clarifying obscurities make this anthology accessible to the general reader as well as to students of medieval culture.... These new translations are a welcome aid.

* Choice *

Bartlett and Bestul, in conjunction with their contributors, have produced a fine and useful anthology, which moves us closer to filling the gap of readily available medieval English devotional texts.

-- William F. Hodapp * The Medieval Review *

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/06/1999
      ISBN13: 9780801484551, 978-0801484551
      ISBN10: 0801484553
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Devotional texts in late medieval England were notable for their flamboyant piety and their preoccupation with the tortured body of Christ and the grief of the Virgin Mary. Generations of readers internalized and shaped the "cultures of piety"...



      Trade Review

      In all, the selections chosen for Cultures of Piety coalesce into a provocative overview of popular piety and will serve as a useful complement to traditional readings in medieval literature, even as they provide a rich contribution to recent scholarship in late medieval devotional practices.

      -- Virginia Blanton-Whetsell, Marist College * Arthuriana *

      The introductions to each selection and detailed footnotes clarifying obscurities make this anthology accessible to the general reader as well as to students of medieval culture.... These new translations are a welcome aid.

      * Choice *

      Bartlett and Bestul, in conjunction with their contributors, have produced a fine and useful anthology, which moves us closer to filling the gap of readily available medieval English devotional texts.

      -- William F. Hodapp * The Medieval Review *

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