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Book SynopsisDevotional Interaction in Medieval England and its Afterlives examines the interaction between medieval English worshippers and the material objects of their devotion. The volume also addresses the afterlives of objects and buildings in their temporal journeys from the Middle Ages to the present day. Written by the participants of a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded seminar held in York, U.K., in 2014, the chapters incorporate site-specific research with the insights of scholars of visual art, literature, music, liturgy, ritual, and church history. Interdisciplinarity is a central feature of this volume, which celebrates interactivity as a working method between its authors as much as a subject of inquiry. Contributors are Lisa Colton, Elizabeth Dachowski, Angie Estes, Gregory Erickson, Jennifer M. Feltman, Elisa A. Foster Laura D. Gelfand, Louise Hampson, Kerilyn Harkaway-Krieger, Kathleen E. Kennedy, Heather S. Mitchell-Buck, Julia Perratore, Steven Rozenski, Carolyn Twomey, and Laura J. Whatley.
Trade Review"The volume comprises a collection of fascinating studies that celebrate and model the practice of interdisciplinary and collaborative research as the best way to analyze medieval devotion. It will be of interest to scholars working in any field of medieval studies, especially those who concern themselves with inter- or multidisciplinary approaches to medieval religion and its visual and material culture". Beth Williamson, in Speculum 95/3, July 2020.
Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments List of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction Elisa A. Foster, Julia Perratore and Steven Rozenski Part 1: The Home 1 “lothe to thenk on ought bot on Hymself”: Interaction and Contemplation in The Cloud of Unknowing Kerilyn Harkaway-Krieger 2 Crusading for (Heavenly) Jerusalem: A Noble Woman, Devotion, and the Trinity Apocalypse (Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R.16.2) Laura J. Whatley 3 English Iconographic Rings and Medieval Populuxe Jewelery Kathleen E. Kennedy Part 2: The Cathedral 4 The Last Judgement Porch at Lincoln Cathedral over the Longue Durée: Iconography, Interaction, and Religious Thought Jennifer M. Feltman 5 Beverley Minster’s 14th-Century Architectural Sculptures in a Devotional Context Julia Perratore 6 ‘I was blind and now I can see!’ Sight and Revelation in the St William Window in York Minster Laura D. Gelfand 7 The Truth behind the Mask? Comparing Two Views of the interior of York Minster in the 16th Century Louise Hampson 8 Song in Space and Space in Song: Physical and Conceptual Boundaries in English Devotional Music, 1250-1500 Lisa Colton Part 3: The City 9 ‘This is My Body’: Devotion to the Corpus Christi Shrine in Late Medieval York Elisa A. Foster 10 How Alien were the Alien Priories of Yorkshire? Elizabeth Dachowski Part 4: The Parish Church 11 A Light to Lighten the Gentiles: Stained Glass, The Prick of Conscience, and Theological Double Vision in All Saints (North Street), York Steven Rozenski 12 Romanesque Baptismal Fonts in East Yorkshire Parishes: Decoration and Devotion Carolyn Twomey Part 5: Afterlives: Medieval Devotion and Modern Thought 13 James Joyce’s Ulysses and the Medieval Eucharist: Fragmented Narratives of Doubt and Creation Gregory Erickson 14 Restored, Revived, Remixed, Reified? Our Devotion to the Medieval Past Heather Mitchell-Buck Postscript: Afterlife Angie Estes Select Bibliography Index
