Medieval Monastic Preaching

386 Pages·1998·32.128 MB·English

by  Carolyn Muessig (ed.)

BRILL'S STUDIES
IN
INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
General Editor
A.J. VANDERJAGT, University of Groningen
Editorial Board
M. COLISH, Oberlin College
J.I. ISRAEL, University College, London
J.D. NORTH, University of Groningen
H.A. OBERMAN, University of Arizona, Tucson
R.H. POPKIN, Washington University, St. Louis-UCLA
VOLUME 90
MEDIEVAL MONASTIC
PREACHING
EDITED BY
CAROLYN MUESSIG
y s
BRILL
LEIDEN · BOSTON · KÖLN
1998
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Medieval monastic preaching / edited by Carolyn Muessig.
p. cm. — (Brill's studies in intellectual history, ISSN
0920-8607 ; v. 90)
This volume is a selection of the findings presented at a
conference held Apr. 2-5, 1997 at Downside Abbey, Stratton-on-the
-Fosse, U.K.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 9004108831 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Preaching—History—Middle Ages, 600-1500—Congresses.
2. Monastic and religious life—History—Middle Ages, 600-1500-
-Congresses. I. Muessig, Carolyn. II. Series.
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CONTENTS
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
List of Contributors xiii
Abbreviations xv
PART ONE
INTRODUCTION
What is Medieval Monastic Preaching? An Introduction
CAROLYN MUESSIG 3
PART TWO
CARTHUSIAN PREACHING
Why did Denys the Carthusian Write Sermones ad Saeculares?
DENYS TURNER 19
"ShiningForth like the Damn": Jean Gerson's Sermon to the
Carthusians
BRIAN PATRICK MCGUIRE 37
Early Fifteenth-Century Chapterhouse Sermons at the
Charterhouse of Mainz
JAMES HOGG 53
PART THREE
THE CURA MONIAUUM IN GERMANY AND ENGLAND
Sermons for Nuns of the Dominican Observance Movement
REGINA D. SCHIEWER 75
Preaching to Nuns in Late Medieval England
V.M. O'MARA 93
VI CONTENTS
PART FOUR
PREACHING BY ITALIAN NUNS AND HERMITS
Authority and Inspiration in the Vitae and Sermons of
Humility of Faenza
CATHERINE M. MOONEY 123
Preaching by Italian Hermits
GEORGE FERZOCO 145
PART FIVE
PREACHING BY AND AGAINST THE CATHARS
Defending the Lord's Vineyard: Hildegard of Bingen's
Preaching against the Cathars
BEVERLY MAYNE KIENZLE 163
The Preaching of the Cathars
JOHN ARNOLD 183
PART SIX
PREACHING MONASTIC REFORM
The Religious's Role in a Post-Fourth-Lateran World:
Jacques de Vi try's Sermones ad Status and Historia Occidentalis
JESSALYNN BIRD 209
Monastic Ideals and Episcopal Visitations: The Sermo ad
Religiosos of Robert Grosseteste
JAMES R. GINTHER 231
PART SEVEN
BENEDICTINE PREACHING IN ENGLAND
Benedictine Sermons: Preparation and Practice in the
English Monastic Cathedral Cloisters
JOAN GREATREX 257
Benedictines and Preaching the Pastoralia in Late Medieval
England: A Preliminary Inquiry
PATRICK J. HORNER 279
CONTENTS Vil
PART EIGHT
CISTERCIAN PREACHING
Were the Sermons of St Bernard on the Song of Songs ever
Preached?
CHRISTOPHER HOLDSWORTH 295
Killing Time: An Essay on the Monastic Notion of Speed
M.B. PRANGER 319
The Liturgical Dimension of Twelfth-Century Cistercian
Preaching
CHRYSOGONUS WADDELL 335
General Index 351