| Description |
1 online resource ([v], 168 pages) |
| Contents |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction: John Mirk's Festial and Fourteenth-Century England; England in the Fourteenth Century; John Mirk's Festial; Overview of this Study; 2. Clerical Power and Lay Agency; Lay Agency in the Festial; Theories of Confession; Confession in the Festial: The Narrative of the Embarrassed Woman; Orthodox Confession in the Festial; The Character of the Penitent and the Confessor in the Festial; Transubstantiation and Clerical Authority; 3. Secular Authority and Rebellion; The Festial and the Revolt of 1381; Economic Oppression of the Commons |
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Literacy, Justice, and OppressionLollardy, Apocalyptic Millenarianism, and Revolution; 4. Biblical Authority and Oral Tradition; The Festial and Biblical Authority; English as a Medium of Religious Expression; Biblical Authority; Preaching; CONCLUSION: The Festial and Popular Piety in Late Medieval England; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
First full analysis of John Mirk's Festial, of particular importance for the evidence it offers for the debate over medieval heresy and orthodoxy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-162) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mirk, John, active 1403? Festial.
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| SUBJECT |
Festial (Mirk, John) fast |
| Subject |
Sermons, Medieval -- England
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Lollards.
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RELIGION -- Christian.
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HISTORY -- Medieval.
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Lollards
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Sermons, Medieval
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| SUBJECT |
England -- Church history -- 1066-1485.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043265
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| Subject |
England
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781846154805 |
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1846154804 |
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