The Sermons, Manuscripts, and Language of Roberto Caracciolo da Lecce

The book offers studies on different aspects of the life, activity, and written works of Roberto da Lecce, one of the most famous preachers of fifteenth-century Italy. His preaching cycles in Italian cities were attended by huge crowds and are representative for the activity of many other less-known confreres and, in the meantime, exceptional for their number and success. His sermons were read and re-used throughout Europe, contributing to shaping the shared religious culture. The nine authors of this book have addressed this polyhedric figure from ten different perspectives. Contributors are Yoko Kimura, Salvatore Leaci, Andrea Radošević, Cecilia Rado, Carolyn Muessig, Giacomo Mariani, Marco Maggiore, Lyn Blanchfield, and Steven J McMichael. Front Cover Half Title Series Informations Title Page Copyrights Page Contents Notes on Contributors Introduction Part 1: Topics from Roberto da Lecce in the Context of Late Medieval Preaching 1 Roberto Caracciolo’s Sermon on the Miracle of the Stigmatization of Francis of Assisi 1 Background: Roberto Caracciolo 2 The Sermones de Sanctis of Roberto Caracciolo: Dispelling Doubts about the Stigmata 3 The Miraculous Process: Validating the Authenticity of the Stigmata 2 Mary Magdalene in the Sermons of Bernardino da Siena and Roberto da Lecce 1 Bernardino da Siena on Mary Magdalene 2 Roberto da Lecce on Mary Magdalene 3 Quadragesimale de Poenitentia 4 Sermones de Laudibus 5 Specchio della Fede 6 Conclusion 3 Can a Sinner be Absolved More Than Once? Roberto da Lecce Critic 1 Niccolò da Osimo and Roberto da Lecce 2 Roberto in Favor of the Reiteration of Confession 3 The Quadriga spirituale and the Impossibility to Reiterate Confession 4 Censorship or a Marketing Choice? 5 Conclusion 4 Social Control Strategies of the Fifteenth Century Franciscans 1 Consensus Strategies: Treatises and Preaching in the Service of Governability 2 Transmission and Control of Models of Behavior by the Friars Minor Part 2: Roberto da Lecce and his Sermons 5 Roberto Caracciolo of Lecce and a Semi-Dramatic Fifteenth-Century Sermon Conclusion 6 Friar Roberto Caracciolo and His Anti-Ottoman Preaching 1 Roberto da Lecce and His Time 2 The Muslim World in the Work and Preaching of Roberto da Lecce 7 Observations on the Language of Roberto da Lecce 1 Quaresimale volgare 2 Specchio della fede 3 A New Text? 4 Conclusions and desiderata Part 3: The Re-use of Roberto da Lecce’s Collections 8 Roberto Caracciolo’s Quaresimale volgare in Croatian Lands 1 Signs of Orality (Performance Indicators) 1.1 Public Addresses 1.2 Graphical Markings 2 Instructions 3 Direct/Indirect Speech 4 Rhetorical Figures 5 Conclusion 9 Hungarian Draft-Sermons on the Pages of a Volume by Roberto Caracciolo 10 The Use of Roberto Caracciolo da Lecce’s Sermons in Late Medieval Manuscripts 1 Frankfurt, Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek, ms. lat. oct. 117 1.1 Sermons in the First Part: De ieiunio and De spe 1.2 Sermons in the Tractatus de divina caritate 2 Innsbruck, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol, ms. 728 2.1 Customizing Roberto’s Sermons 2.2 Combining Roberto’s Sermons 3 Conclusion Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Index