Texts and Traditions of Medieval Pastoral Care: Essays in Honour of Bella Millett (York Medieval Press Publications)

New essays on the burgeoning of pastoral and devotional literature in medieval England. Pastoral and devotional literature flourished throughout the middle ages, and its growth and transmutations form the focus of this collection. Ranging historically from the difficulties of localizing Anglo-Saxon pastoral texts tothe reading of women in late-medieval England, the individual essays survey its development and its transformation into the literature of vernacular spirituality. They offer both close examinations of particular manuscripts, and of individual texts, including an anonymous Speculum iuniroum, the Speculum religiosorum of Edmund of Abingdon and later vernacular compositions and translations, such as Handlyng Synne and Bonaventure's Lignum Vitae. The reading and devotional use of texts by women and solitaries is also considered. They therefore form an appropriate tribute to the work of Bella Millett, whose research has done so much to advance our knowledge of the field. Contributors: Alexandra Barratt, Mishtooni Bose, Joseph Goering, Brian Golding, C. Annette Grise, Cate Gunn, Ralph Hanna, Bob Hasenfratz, Catherine Innes-Parker, E. A. Jones, Derek Pearsall, Elaine Treharne, Nicholas Watson, Jocelyn Wogan-Browne Ranging Historically From The Difficulties Of Localizing Anglo-saxon Pastoral Texts To A Study Of What Women Read In Late-medieval England, The Individual Essays Survey The Development Of The Genre And Its Transformation Into The Literature Of Vernacular Spirituality. -- Dust Jacket. Vae Soli : Solitaries And Pastoral Care / E.a. Jones -- Scribal Connections In Late Anglo-saxon England / Elaine Treharne -- Gerald Of Wales, The Gemma Ecclesiastica And Pastoral Care / Brian Golding -- Time To Read : Pastoral Care, Vernacular Access And The Case Of Angier Of St. Frideswide / Jocelyn Wogan-browne -- Lambeth Palace Library Ms 487 : Some Problems Of Early Thirteenth-century Textual Transmission / Ralph Hanna -- Pastoral Texts And Traditions : The Anonymous Speculum Iuniorum (c. 1250) / Joseph Goering -- Reading Edmund Of Abingdon's Speculum As Pastoral Literature / Cate Gunn -- Middle English Versions And Audiences Of Edmund Of Abingdon's Speculum Religiosorum / Nicholas Watson -- Terror And Pastoral Care In Handlyng Synne / Robert Hasenfratz -- Prophecy, Complaint And Pastoral Care In The Fifteenth Century : Thomas Gascoigne's Liber Veritatum / Mishtooni Bose -- Pastoral Concerns In The Middle English Adaptation Of Bonaventure's Lignum Vitae / Catherine Innes-parker -- Prayer, Meditation, And Women Readers In Late Medieval England : Teaching And Sharing Through Books / C. Annette Grisé -- Take A Book And Read : Advice For Religious Women / Alexandra Barratt. Edited By Cate Gunn & Catherine Innes-parker. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. CONTENTS 8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 11 PREFACE: Bella Milett 14 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BELLA MILLETT'S WRITINGS 16 ABBREVIATIONS 19 INTRODUCTION 22 1 ‘Vae Soli’: Solitaries and Pastoral Care 32 2 Scribal Connections in Late Anglo-Saxon England 50 3 Gerald of Wales, the Gemma Ecclesiastica and Pastoral Care 68 4 Time to Read: Pastoral Care, Vernacular Access and the Case of Angier of St Frideswide 83 5 Lambeth Palace Library, MS 487: Some Problems of Early Thirteenth-century Textual Transmission 99 6 Pastoral Texts and Traditions: The Anonymous Speculum Iuniorum (c. 1250) 110 7 Reading Edmund of Abingdon’s Speculum as Pastoral Literature 121 8 Middle English Versions and Audiences of Edmund of Abingdon’s Speculum Religiosorum 136 9 Terror and Pastoral Care in Handlyng Synne 153 10 Prophecy, Complaint and Pastoral Care in the Fifteenth Century Thomas Gascoigne’s Liber Veritatum 170 11 Pastoral Concerns in the Middle English Adaptation of Bonaventure’s Lignum Vitae 184 12 Prayer, Meditation and Women Readers in Late Medieval England: Teaching and Sharing Through Books 199 13 ‘Take a Book and Read’: Advice for Religious Women 214 INDEX 230 TABULA GRATULATORIA 238 BACKCOVER 244