{"product_id":"cultures-of-piety-9780801484551","title":"Cultures of Piety","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevotional 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\"...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn all, the selections chosen for \u003ci\u003eCultures of Piety\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Virginia Blanton-Whetsell, Marist College * Arthuriana *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBartlett 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.\u003c\/p\u003e -- William F. Hodapp * The Medieval Review *","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405167010135,"sku":"9780801484551","price":32.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801484551.jpg?v=1730488957","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cultures-of-piety-9780801484551","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}