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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Kate H., Author.

Series:

Richard Rawlinson Center Series for Anglo-Saxon Studies.

Richard Rawlinson Center Series for Anglo-Saxon Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prayer--Christianity--History.

Prayer.

England.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XII, 304 p.)

Edition:

1.

Place of Publication:

Kalamazoo, MI : Medieval Institute Publications, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

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.

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9783110660494

3110660490

9783110661958

3110661950

OCLC:

1138525661