Description
Book SynopsisThis volume seeks to address the needs of teachers and advanced students who are preparing classes on the Middle Ages or who find themselves confounded in their studies by reference to the various liturgies that were fundamental to the lives of medieval peoples. In a series of essays, scholars of the liturgy examine "The Shape of the Liturgical Year," "Particular Liturgies," "The Physical Setting of the Liturgy," "The Liturgy and Books," and "Liturgy and the Arts." A concluding essay, which originated in notes left behind by the late C. Clifford Flanigan, seeks to open the field, to examine "liturgy" within the larger and more inclusive category of "ritual." "The essays are intended to be introductory but to provide the basic facts and the essential bibliography for further study. They approach particular problems assuming a knowledge of medieval Europe but little expertise in liturgical studies per se.
Table of ContentsFigures, Tables, Maps, and Appendices
Photograph Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction to the Liturgy of the Medieval Church
Part One: The Shape of the Liturgical YearA Monastic Conception of the Liturgical Year
The Divine Office and Private Devotion in the Latin West
The Liturgy and the Literature of Saints' Lives
Part Two: Particular LiturgiesLiturgy and Liturgical Daily Life in the Medieval Greek World - The Byzantine Empire
The Liturgical Profile of the Parish Church in Medieval Sweden
Jews and Judaism in the Medieval Latin Liturgy
Sacramental Liturgies in the Middle Ages
The Office for Saint Cecilia
Part Three: The Physical Setting of the LiturgyArchitecture as Liturgical Setting
Church Porches and the Liturgy in Twelfth-Century Rome
Liturgical Vessels and Implements
Part Four: The Liturgy and BooksManuscripts of the Liturgy
The Book of Hours
Part Five: Liturgy and the ArtsIconography in the Liturgical Life of the Medieval Greek Church
The Liturgy and Vernacular Literature
Liturgical Drama and Community Discourse
The Music of the Liturgy
Gregorius Presul Composuit Hunc Libellum Musicae Artis
Part Six: Expanding the Definitions of Medieval LiturgyLiturgy as Social Performance: Expanding the Definitions
Glossary
Index of Medieval Manuscripts
Index of Biblical Citations
Index of Modern Scholars
Index of Feast Days
General Index
