John Mirk's Festial: Edited from British Library MS Cotton Claudius A. II, Volume 2 (Early English Text Society Original Series)

Susan Powell ( ed)

ISBN 10: 0199590370 / ISBN 13: 9780199590377

Published by Early English Text Society, 2011

About this Item

Light dj shelf wear, a few spots and light dust marking on top edge, otherwise vg+. 900 grams.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1767871721855

Bibliographic Details

• Title: John Mirk's Festial: Edited from British Library MS Cotton Claudius A. II, Volume 2 (Early English Text Society Original Series)
• Publisher: Early English Text Society
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199590370
• ISBN 13: 9780199590377
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 900 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • LITERATURE AND RELATED

About this title

Synopsis

The Festial, most probably composed in the late 1380s by the Augustinian canon, John Mirk, of Lilleshall Abbey, Shropshire, was the most popular and influential collection of sermons in English in the late medieval and early Tudor period, surviving in many copies, and printed by Caxton and his successors. The collection was designed to be accessible and entertaining, as well as orthodox, to counter the success of Lollard preaching, and taught both the priests who used the sermons, as well as their audiences, the fundamentals of the Christian faith and doctrine, illustrated by many stories. The Festial is the only English sermon collection to be printed in England before the Reformation and is probably the most frequently printed work of its time before religious change made it unacceptable.

About the Author

Professor Susan Powell holds the Chair in Medieval Texts and Culture in the University of Salford. Her research interests are in the fields of late medieval sermons, pastoral, and devotional literature.