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Late Anglo-Saxon Prayer in Practice : Before the Books of Hours / Kate H. Thomas.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publications of the Richard Rawlinson CenterPublisher: Kalamazoo, MI : Medieval Institute Publications, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (XII, 304 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781580443616
  • 9783110660494
  • 9783110661958
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 242.09420902 23
LOC classification:
  • BV207 .T46 2020
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Introduction and Methodology -- 1. Prayers to the Trinity and Saints -- 2. Praying with the Hours and Psalms -- 3. Prayers to the Holy Cross -- 4. Prayers of Protection and Healing -- 5. Prayers of Confession and Penitence -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Prayers -- General Index
Summary: This monograph examines Anglo-Saxon prayer outside of the communal liturgy. With a particular emphasis on its practical aspects, it considers how small groups of prayers were elaborated into complex programs for personal devotion, resulting in the forerunners of the Special Offices. With examples being taken chiefly from major eleventh-century collections of prayers, liturgy and medical remedies, the methodologies of Anglo-Saxon compilers are examined, followed by five chapters on specialist kinds of prayer: to the Trinity and saints, for liturgical feasts and the canonical hours, to the Holy Cross, for protection and healing, and confessions. Analyzing prayer in a wide range of different situations, this book argues that Anglo-Saxon manuscripts may have included far more private offices than have so far been recognized, if we see them for what they were.
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Introduction and Methodology -- 1. Prayers to the Trinity and Saints -- 2. Praying with the Hours and Psalms -- 3. Prayers to the Holy Cross -- 4. Prayers of Protection and Healing -- 5. Prayers of Confession and Penitence -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Prayers -- General Index

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This monograph examines Anglo-Saxon prayer outside of the communal liturgy. With a particular emphasis on its practical aspects, it considers how small groups of prayers were elaborated into complex programs for personal devotion, resulting in the forerunners of the Special Offices. With examples being taken chiefly from major eleventh-century collections of prayers, liturgy and medical remedies, the methodologies of Anglo-Saxon compilers are examined, followed by five chapters on specialist kinds of prayer: to the Trinity and saints, for liturgical feasts and the canonical hours, to the Holy Cross, for protection and healing, and confessions. Analyzing prayer in a wide range of different situations, this book argues that Anglo-Saxon manuscripts may have included far more private offices than have so far been recognized, if we see them for what they were.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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