Interrupting God: Sounding Out Emergency in the Cloud and the Consuetudines
This article offers new textual evidence to strengthen the argument for a Carthusian authorship of the Cloud of Unknowing. It suggests that chapters 37 and 38 of the Cloud make reference to a passage in the Consuetudines of Prior Guigo I. The passage states that a Carthusian monk may only break his...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2025
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Journal of medieval religious cultures
Jahr: 2025, Band: 51, Heft: 2, Seiten: 171-186 |
| IxTheo Notationen: | CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität KAF Kirchengeschichte 1300-1500; Spätmittelalter KCA Orden; Mönchtum |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article offers new textual evidence to strengthen the argument for a Carthusian authorship of the Cloud of Unknowing. It suggests that chapters 37 and 38 of the Cloud make reference to a passage in the Consuetudines of Prior Guigo I. The passage states that a Carthusian monk may only break his vow of silence in response to a "strange cry" or "danger of fire." The essay explores the affective, sonic, and meditative implications of crying "fire" as a method of contemplative prayer in the Cloud and argues that this word had uniquely potent connotations for the Carthusian reader. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-9650 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of medieval religious cultures
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