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Friars' Tales - Sermon Exempla from the British Isles (Paperback)
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Friars' Tales - Sermon Exempla from the British Isles (Paperback)
Series: Manchester Medieval Sources
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Loot Price R590
Discovery Miles 5 900
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Exempla are illustrative stories used by preachers to seize the
attention of their congregations and to drive home a moral lesson.
This book presents annotated translations from two collections of
exempla, one Franciscan and one Dominican, put together in England
/ Ireland c.1275. The two collections used are important because
they are amongst the earliest to survive from the British Isles.
The 270 exempla translated here cover a wide range of topics, both
ecclesiastical and secular and offer vivid insights into medieval
life and attitudes in the broadest sense. Moreover, because exempla
had to be plausible in order to convince, they are an important
source for the beliefs and attitudes of the laity at a period when
this is often undocumented. The importance of exempla as historical
evidence has long been appreciated, especially on the Continent.
However, despite the plethora of surviving material, little of it
has been available in annotated English translation. It is hoped
that this volume will go some way to filling that gap. An
introduction discusses place of preaching in the medieval church,
the development of preaching aids and the exemplum genre, the main
topics covered by the exempla, the dating of the two collections
translated and the use which the compilers made of their material
and how far exempla can be relied upon as historical evidence.
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