IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1323: Approaches to Miscellaneous Religious Manuals: Religious Change and Pastoral Revolution in 15th-Century England
Wednesday 3 July 2019, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Medieval Heresy & Dissent Research Network, University of Nottingham / Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Kent |
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| Organiser: | Rob Lutton, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
| Moderator/Chair: | Jennifer Brown, Department of English, Marymount Manhattan College, New York |
| Paper 1323-a | Lollardy and the Holy Name of Jesus: Christocentric and Wycliffite Texts in 15th-Century English 'Miscellaneous Manuals' (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Religious Life, Social History |
| Paper 1323-b | 'Miscellaneous Manuals' and London's Pastoral Revolution, I: Codicological (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Religious Life, Social History |
| Paper 1323-c | 'Miscellaneous Manuals' and London's Pastoral Revolution, II: Social (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Religious Life, Social History |
| Abstract | This session is rooted in research on the material, textual, and cultural circumstances of an extraordinary corpus of Middle English books. Known as 'miscellaneous manuals', 'pastoral handbooks' or 'devotional anthologies', these books were produced in large numbers in 15th-century England. The first paper explores the juxtaposition of Christocentric and Wycliffite texts in devotional miscellanies. The last two will form a diptych that examines distinct aspects - codicological and social - of the emergence of significant numbers of these books in 15th-century London and suggest new ways for understanding the corpus in respect of key members of London’s citizenry and the City's prelacy. |