Latin Sermon Collections from Later Medieval England: Orthodox Preaching in the Age of Wyclif (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature, Series Number 53)

Almost all sermons were written in Latin until the Reformation. This scholarly study describes and analyzes such collections of Latin sermons from the golden age of medieval preaching in England--the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Basing his studies on the extant manuscripts, Siegfried Wenzel analyzes their sermons and occasions. He covers many of the broader late medieval debates on preaching, as well as the attitudes of orthodox preachers to Lollardy. Until The Reformation, Almost All Sermons Were Written Down In Latin. This Is The First Scholarly Study Systematically To Describe And Analyze The Collections Of Latin Sermons From The Golden Age Of Medieval Preaching In England, The Fourteenth And Fifteenth Centuries. Basing His Studies On The Extant Manuscripts, Siegfried Wenzel Analyzes These Sermons And The Occasions When They Were Given. Larger Issues Of Preaching In The Later Middle Ages, Such As The Pastoral Concern About Preaching, Originality In Sermon Making, And The Attitudes Of Orthodox Preachers To Lollardy, Receive Detailed Attention. The Surviving Sermons And Their Collections Are Listed For The First Time In Full Inventories, Which Supplement The Critical And Contextual Material Wenzel Presents. This Book Is An Important Contribution To The Study Of Medieval Preaching, And Will Be Essential For Scholars Of Late Medieval Literature, History, And Religious Thought.--jacket. The Collections -- Occasions Of Preaching -- Orthodox Preaching. Siegfried Wenzel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Until the Reformation, almost all sermons were written down in Latin. This is the first scholarly study systematically to describe and analyse the collections of Latin sermons from the golden age of medieval preaching in England, the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Basing his studies on the extant manuscripts, Siegfried Wenzel analyses these sermons and the occasions when they were given. Larger issues of preaching in the later Middle Ages such as the pastoral concern about preaching, originality in sermon making, and the attitudes of orthodox preachers to Lollardy, receive detailed attention. The surviving sermons and their collections are listed for the first time in full inventories, which supplement the critical and contextual material Wenzel presents. This book is an important contribution to the study of medieval preaching, and will be essential for scholars of late medieval literature, history and religious thought. Until the Reformation, almost all sermons were written down in Latin. Based on the extant manuscripts, this is the first systematic description and analysis of such collections of Latin sermons from the golden age of medieval preaching in England, the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.