Benedictine maledictions : liturgical cursing in Romanesque France /

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In this long-awaited book, the result of more than a decade of research, Lester K. Little reconstructs and explores the phenomenon of officially sanctioned religious cursing in medieval Europe. He focuses on a church service, called in Latin either clamor or maledictio, used by monastic communities...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Little, Lester K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1993.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Liturgy > History.
Église catholique > Liturgie > Histoire.
Catholic Church
To 1515
Blessing and cursing > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Monasticism and religious orders > France > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Blessing and cursing > History > To 1500.
Monachisme et ordres religieux > France > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Bénédiction et malédiction > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
RELIGION > Christian Rituals & Practice > Worship & Liturgy.
Blessing and cursing
Liturgics
Monasticism and religious orders > Middle Ages
Benedictijnen.
Liturgie.
Vervloekingen.
France > Church history > To 987.
France > Church history > 987-1515.
France > Histoire religieuse > 987-1515.
France > Histoire religieuse > Jusqu'à 987.
France
Church history
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Benedictine Maledictions; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: Of Tristram Shandy and French Monastic Curses; Part One Curses in Texts; 1 Formulas; Clamors; Humiliation of Relics; Excommunication and Anathema; Geography of Maledictory Formulas; 2 Sources; Sanction Clauses; The Bible; The Liturgy; Canon Law; 3 Justifications; Occasional Curses; Biblical Curses; Liturgical Curses; Speech Acts; Part Two Curses in Action; 4 Uses; Ireland and Wales; Francia; Rites of Reintegration; Geography of the Use of Clamors; 5 Experts; Irish Saints.
  • Pilgrims on the ContinentThe Irish Sphere of Influence; 6 Contexts; Religion; Justice; Property; Conclusion: New Contexts; Appendixes; A. Gathering Clamors; B. Elusive Evidence; C.A Miscellany of Curse Formulas; D. Fulbert of Chartres as Author of In spiritu humilitatis; E. Vestiges in the Age of Reformation and Counter-Reformation; F. Clamors and Cursing Formulas; Index of Manuscripts; General Index.

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