The Liturgy of the Medieval Church

Authors

Thomas Heffernan, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
E. Ann Matter, University of Pennsylvania

Files

Document Type

Edited Collection

Description

This volume seeks to address the needs of teachers and advanced students who are preparing classes on the Middle Ages or who find themselves confounded in their studies by reference to the various liturgies that were fundamental to the lives of medieval peoples. In a series of essays, scholars of the liturgy examine "The Shape of the Liturgical Year," "Particular Liturgies," "The Physical Setting of the Liturgy," "The Liturgy and Books," and "Liturgy and the Arts." A concluding essay, which originated in notes left behind by the late C. Clifford Flanigan, seeks to open the field, to examine "liturgy" within the larger and more inclusive category of "ritual." "The essays are intended to be introductory but to provide the basic facts and the essential bibliography for further study. They approach particular problems assuming a knowledge of medieval Europe but little expertise in liturgical studies per se.

Publication Date

4-1-2005

Publisher

Medieval Institute Publications

City

Kalamazoo

ISBN

9781580440912

Keywords

Liturgics, Medieval Church History

Disciplines

Christianity | History of Christianity | Liturgy and Worship | Medieval Studies

Comments

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Citation for Published Book

Heffernan, Thomas and E. Ann Matter, eds. The Liturgy of the Medieval Church. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2005.