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John Mirk's Festial : orthodoxy, Lollardy, and the common people in fourteenth-century England /
First full analysis of John Mirk's Festial, of particular importance for the evidence it offers for the debate over medieval heresy and orthodoxy.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge [UK] ; Rochester, NY :
D.S. Brewer,
2006.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction: John Mirk's Festial and Fourteenth-Century England; England in the Fourteenth Century; John Mirk's Festial; Overview of this Study; 2. Clerical Power and Lay Agency; Lay Agency in the Festial; Theories of Confession; Confession in the Festial: The Narrative of the Embarrassed Woman; Orthodox Confession in the Festial; The Character of the Penitent and the Confessor in the Festial; Transubstantiation and Clerical Authority; 3. Secular Authority and Rebellion; The Festial and the Revolt of 1381; Economic Oppression of the Commons
- Literacy, Justice, and OppressionLollardy, Apocalyptic Millenarianism, and Revolution; 4. Biblical Authority and Oral Tradition; The Festial and Biblical Authority; English as a Medium of Religious Expression; Biblical Authority; Preaching; CONCLUSION: The Festial and Popular Piety in Late Medieval England; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX