The Northern Homily Cycle - Couverture souple

 
9781580441261: The Northern Homily Cycle

Synopsis

Composed in rhyming English verse, the Northern homily cycle is the earliest and most complete work of its kind (Gospel paraphrases with homilies on the theme of the Gospel texts), its widespread and enduring popularity witnessed by three distinct recensions and twenty surviving manuscripts ranging from the early fourteenth to the mid-fifteenth centuries. The collection was intended to accompany the Gospel lessons that were read every Sunday as part of the mass.

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À propos de l'auteur

Anne B. Thompson was Professor of English and Euterpe B. Dukakis Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies at Bates College.

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