The wooing of our Lord and The Wooing Group prayers
"The Wooing of Our Lord occupies a seminal position in the history of English literature and the development of English religious devotion. Dating from the second quarter of the thirteenth century, it is one of a group of texts written in English at a time when the language of literature and th...
| Subtitles: | Wohunge of ure lauerd. <engl.> Wooing Group prayers |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Peterborough, Ontario
Broadview Press
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Series/Journal: | Broadview editions
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| IxTheo Classification: | KCA Monasticism; religious orders |
| Further subjects: | B
Devotional literature, English (Middle)
B Christian literature, English (Middle) B English prose literature Middle English, 1100-1500 B Women Prayers and devotions B Women Conduct of life Early works to 1800 B Monasticism and religious orders for women Rules Early works to 1800 |
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| Summary: | "The Wooing of Our Lord occupies a seminal position in the history of English literature and the development of English religious devotion. Dating from the second quarter of the thirteenth century, it is one of a group of texts written in English at a time when the language of literature and the court was Anglo-Norman French, and when the language of church and state was Latin. The Wooing of Our Lord is also a highly skilled composition, a work which combines beautiful and poetic expression with a profound affective theology. Its first-person female narrator speaks directly to Christ, becoming the voice of the reader whom the text guides through a passionate meditation upon the magnitude of Christ's love, his sufferings in his Passion, and the response of the individual soul."-- "The Wooing of Our Lord occupies a seminal position in the history of English literature and the development of English religious devotion. Dating from the second quarter of the thirteenth century, it is one of a group of texts written in English at a time when the language of literature and the court was Anglo-Norman French, and when the language of church and state was Latin. The Wooing of Our Lord is also a highly skilled composition, a work which combines beautiful and poetic expression with a profound affective theology. Its first-person female narrator speaks directly to Christ, becoming the voice of the reader whom the text guides through a passionate meditation upon the magnitude of Christ's love, his sufferings in his Passion, and the response of the individual soul."-- |
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| Item Description: | "Þe Wohunge of ure lauerd survives only in BL MS Cotton Titus D.xviii, a manuscript dating from the 1240s. Titus is a small manuscript (157 x 120mm), suitable to be held in the hand for private reading."--Introduction Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 1551113821 |