Female Readers and the Sources of the Mirror to Devout People
In the early fifteenth century there was increased interest in devotional writing by the laity in England. Educated women of the aristocratic classes were often interested in the commissioning of religious texts and had connections to religious houses and their books. This article focuses on two fam...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penn State Univ. Press
[2016]
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Journal of medieval religious cultures
Year: 2016, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 181-200 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages NBE Anthropology |
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| Summary: | In the early fifteenth century there was increased interest in devotional writing by the laity in England. Educated women of the aristocratic classes were often interested in the commissioning of religious texts and had connections to religious houses and their books. This article focuses on two families, the Chaworths and the Scropes, who were known for their book collections. It also focuses on a book they owned, the Mirror to Devout People, a Middle English life of Christ. John Scrope, Fourth Baron of Masham, and his wife, Elizabeth, used their connections to Syon Abbey, the Birgittine abbey on the royal manor of Sheen, to obtain their copy of the Mirror. An anonymous Carthusian, residing at the monastery across the Thames from Syon, wrote the Mirror for a Birgittine sister. The Mirror relies on female saintsBirgitta of Sweden, Catherine of Siena, and Mechtild of Hackebornto relate Christ's Passion. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-9650 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of medieval religious cultures
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/jmedirelicult.42.2.0181 |