Liturgy and the Laity in Late Medieval and Reformation France
Since the Reformation, lay experience of the medieval eucharistic liturgy has been consistently criticized as uninformed and overly materialistic. This article compares the ritual of the mass outlined in the clerical missal with the kind of participation encouraged of lay people in vernacular exposi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1992
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1992, Volume: 23, Issue: 3, Pages: 526-547 |
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| Summary: | Since the Reformation, lay experience of the medieval eucharistic liturgy has been consistently criticized as uninformed and overly materialistic. This article compares the ritual of the mass outlined in the clerical missal with the kind of participation encouraged of lay people in vernacular expositions of the mass. It argues that before the Reformation, lay people assigned a different meaning than the clergy did to liturgical rites, associating them with secular rituals of charity and exchange of tribute. Reading the lay experience of the mass in this way sheds light on the Protestant and Catholic reformers' critique of lay religious life, as well as on modern historians' depiction of late medieval and early modern religious experience. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2542493 |