Fighting Feasting Fools: Nicolas de Clamanges and the Reform of Saints’ Feast Days
The French humanist and reformer Nicolas de Clamanges (ca. 1363/64-1437) wrote a blistering treatise against new feasts, De nouis festiuitatibus, which contrasts with his related sermon praising the holy innocents, De sanctis innocentibus. This contrast is ironic because their feast during the Chris...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2024
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Reformation & Renaissance review
Year: 2024, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-18 |
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church reform
B Popular devotion B Nicolas de Clamanges B holy innocents B Saints B Feast Days |
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| Summary: | The French humanist and reformer Nicolas de Clamanges (ca. 1363/64-1437) wrote a blistering treatise against new feasts, De nouis festiuitatibus, which contrasts with his related sermon praising the holy innocents, De sanctis innocentibus. This contrast is ironic because their feast during the Christmas season had become the occasion for out-of-control celebrations known as the Feast of Fools, especially in Clamanges’ northern France. This essay uncovers and contextualizes his complaints within his style of reform: he uses the early church as a model, for instance, and launches into rhetorical flourishes, especially in the sermon. The essay also compares Clamanges’ positions with those of his classmate Jean Gerson (1363-1429) and their shared mentor at the University of Paris Pierre d’Ailly (1351-1420). All three hoped that good devotions come from good intentions, but both intention and devotion must be patrolled for superstition and excess. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1727 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Reformation & Renaissance review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14622459.2024.2317883 |