De Cella in Seculum - Religious and Secular Life and Devotion in Late Medieval England

Michael G. Sargent (Ed)

ISBN 10: 085991268X / ISBN 13: 9780859912686

Published by D.S.Brewer (Boydell & Brewer), 1989

About this Item

244pp, 15 essays accompanied by 24 b&w plates. Aside from modest foxing to top edge of text block this is a Fine (As New) copy. The dust wrapper is clipped & re-priced by publisher and remains highly presentable/Very Good - some traces of surface wear but no tears or loss. Please see five pictures for a closer look.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: De Cella in Seculum - Religious and Secular Life and Devotion in Late Medieval England
• Publisher: D.S.Brewer (Boydell & Brewer)
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 085991268X
• ISBN 13: 9780859912686
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Essays on the life of Hugh of Avalon

"All those concerned with the contribution of monasticism to the devotional life of the external world will find much to inform and stimulate them among these papers." JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY

Essays on the life of Hugh of Avalon, on the relationship between the hermitic Carthusian vocation and the outside world; on the reflection of the world in religious literature; and on the transmission of mystical and devotional ideals and writings for a secular audience.

Review

An extremely rich collection of materials for those interested in late medieval spirituality, especially those strands connected to the Carthusians and influential in Middle English devotional works. BULLETIN CODICOLOGIQUE `Ce recueil..r130>compensera l'130>tude de quiconque s'int130>resse 133> la spiritualit130> de la fin du moyen 131>ge en Angleterre.' D. BRADLEY Revue d'Histoire Eccl130>siastique t.LXXXV (1990), p.871 `of interest to scholars of many disciplines.' S.J. OGILVIE-THOMPSON Rev. Eng. St. 42, 166; 5/91