The Doctrine of the Hert: A Critical Edition with Introduction and Commentary

Whitehead, Christiania, Denis Renevey, and Anne Mouron, eds.

ISBN 10: 0859897788 / ISBN 13: 9780859897785

Published by Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2010

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A fifteenth-century Middle English translation of the thirteenth-century Latin devotional treatise De doctrina cordis. Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. lxxvi, 234 pp. Paperback. Unread, as new. New list price: $31.00.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Doctrine of the Hert: A Critical Edition with Introduction and Commentary
• Publisher: Exeter: University of Exeter Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0859897788
• ISBN 13: 9780859897785
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

This volume makes readily available for the first time a critical edition of The Doctrine of the Hert, the fifteenth-century English translation of De doctrina cordis, a thirteenth-century Latin devotional treatise addressed to nuns. A religious bestseller, the Doctrina circulated throughout Europe between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries and was translated into six different languages. The Doctrina progressively pairs the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit with seven key actions of the heart, leading readers toward contemplative unity with God. Despite its medieval popularity, the Doctrina has largely escaped the attention of scholars until recently. Exeter’s edition offers a full textual commentary, while its introduction not only examines current thinking upon the Doctrina’s authorship and envisaged primary audience, but also takes advantage of recent scholarly breakthroughs in the understanding of late medieval female spirituality.

About the Authors

Christiania Whitehead is a Senior Lecturer in Medieval English Literature at the University of Warwick. Her fields of interest lie in medieval allegory and female spirituality.

Denis Renevey is Chair of Medieval English Literature and Language at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He has published widely in the field of vernacular theology and female religious writings.

Anne Mouron is a senior member of Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford. Her publications include (ed. with Christiania Whitehead and Denis Renevey) The Doctrine of the Hert: A Critical Edition with Introduction and Commentary (University of Exeter Press, 2010); The Manere of Good Lyvyng: A Middle English Translation of Pseudo-Bernard's Liber de modo bene vivendi ad sororem (Brepols, 2014); (ed. with Naoë Kukita Yoshikawa, with the assistance of Mark Atherton) The Boke of Gostely Grace: The Middle English Translation, A Critical Edition from Oxford, MS Bodley 220 (LUP, 2022).