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Literary Echoes of the Fourth Lateran Council in England and France, 1215-1405
, Brepols, 2019 Hardback, x + 322 pages, Size:152 x 229 mm, Language: English. ISBN 9780888448316.
Summary The thirteenth century saw a blossoming of religious literature aimed at the laity composed in the vernacular as well as in Latin for the preachers who ministered to them. It has been traditional in literary history to attribute this vernacular creativity to the Fourth Lateran Council. Although the Council was part of a longer tradition of Church reform, it nonetheless crystallized theological and ecclesiastical thought in a form that was a spur to composition by writers and preachers for more than a century. The aim of this volume is not to attempt a comprehensive account of the Council or its reach in religious writing of the period but to further our understanding of how lay people, largely neglected by earlier councils, received Lateran IV's doctrinal definitions and disciplinary rules. The essays gathered here concentrate on England, where bishops enacted the Council's reforms with particular enthusiasm, and France, where the earliest instructional literature appeared. While the volume takes into account individual works that may have responded more directly to the decrees of the local bishops who enacted the canons proclaimed in 1215, it focuses on others in which the imperatives of the Fourth Lateran Council reverberate as literary echoes, revealing remarkable and often surprising connections with the larger historical and religious context. The texts discussed span the many languages of England and France of the period: Latin, Anglo-Norman, Middle English, Old French, and Occitan. The interpretation of literature that undergirds the entire collection is suitably broad, ranging from chanson de geste and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to didactic works, and encompassing along the way both biblical translations and sermons whose use of literary techniques to engage their audiences makes them 'literary', even if not always fictional. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments ? vii Abbreviations ? ix 1 The Fourth Lateran Council and Vernacular Pastoralia: An Introduction ? MAUREEN B.M. BOULTON Canons and Council 2 "The Nourishment of God's Word": Inter caetera (Canon 10) in England ? ANDREW REEVES 3 French Treatises on Confession, Mass, and Communion in the Thirteenth Century ? MAUREEN B.M. BOULTON 4 Humor at the Fourth Lateran Council ? PETER J.A. JONES Literature and Manuscripts 5 Papal Discussions in a Chanson de geste: The Depiction of Crusade, the Lateran Council, and the Split Personality of the Canso de la Crozada ? CAROL SWEETENHAM 6 Guillaume le clerc de Normandie, Innocent III, and the Fourth Lateran Council ? MAUREEN B.M. BOULTON 7 Structures of Thought in Robert Grosseteste's Chasteau d'amour and the Tateshal Miscellany ? ANNA SIEBACH-LARSEN 8 Learning from an Anglo-Norman Apocalypse: Oxford, University College, MS 100 ? DARON BURROWS 9 Confessing Something New: The Twenty-First Canon of the Fourth Lateran Council and English Literature ? WENDY R. LARSON Bibliography Contributors Index of Manuscripts Index of Names, Works, and Topics
Anglo-Norman Bible's Books of Samuel. A Critical Edition (BL Royal 1 C III)
, Brepols, 2023 Paperback, 270 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:1 b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503605951.
Summary Tales of treachery and friendship, adultery and murder, rape and revenge, as well as prophecy, repentance, forgiveness and thanksgiving ? such is the stuff of the Anglo-Norman Bible's Books of Samuel. They recount the life of the last of Israel's judges but include some of the world's best-known characters ? Saul, David and Jonathan, Goliath, Bathsheba, and Absalom. The first book traces the life of Samuel, and the initial success of King Saul, chosen to satisfy the Israelites' demand for a king. After Saul loses God's favour, David enters his court to console him, but Saul envies David's success. When Saul dies in battle, David succeeds him. In book two, David consolidates control over his kingdom, but his adultery with Bathsheba precipitates the reverses of the final chapters. Historically, the Books of Samuel trace the creation of Israel's monarchy and explain its ultimate failure. Religiously, they relate Israel's continuing relationship with God and the establishment of Jerusalem as the religious and political capital of the new kingdom. Two mid-fourteenth-century manuscripts preserve the text of the Anglo-Norman Bible's Samuel. The base manuscript (L), British Library Royal 1 C III, notable for its inclusion of multi-lingual glosses, was acquired by Henry VIII from the Benedictine Abbey of Reading in 1530. The lavishly illustrated Paris, Biblioth que nationale de France, MS fran ais 1 (P), produced in England for the baronial de Welles family, later belonged to King Louis XII of France. Brent A. Pitts has prepared the critical edition and Maureen Boulton's introduction and notes elucidate the text and its interpretation by medieval commentators. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction The books of Samuel: Summary, Structure, and Interest Jerome's Prologue Samuel in Medieval Exegesis Versions of Samuel in French The Books of Samuel in Medieval Art and Literature Manuscripts of the Anglo-Norman Bible's books of Samuel Relationship of L and P Editorial considerations Bibliography The Anglo-Norman Bible's books of Samuel Text edition Rejected Readings and Palaeographical Notes Reading and Cultural Notes Line(s) Notes Appendices A. Comparison of L and P B. Divergent Word-Choice in L and P C. Geographical Names in the Anglo-Norman Bible's Books of Samuel D. Personal names in the Anglo-Norman Bible's books of Samuel Glossary
