Description
Book SynopsisA compact guide to the basic structure and ritual shape of the Roman Mass from its formative period in late antiquity to the Tridentine reform. Uniting classical liturgical history with insights from a variety of other disciplines, the book offers the picture of a liturgy celebrated and lived.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The last supper; 2. The Eucharist in the early church; 3. Development of Eucharistic prayers in the third and fourth century; 4. The formative period of Latin liturgy; 5. Roman stational liturgy; 5. The expansion and adaptation of the Roman liturgy in the Carolingian Age; 7. From the Ottonian Revival to the High Middle Ages; 8. Decline and vitality in the later Middle Ages; 9. The Tridentine Reform; Epilogue.
