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OverviewThis edition of A Mirror to Devout People presents for the first time a Middle English Life of Christ, with additional religious advice, written in the early fifteenth century by a Carthusian monk at the Sheen Charterhouse for a sister at the nearby Bridgettine Syon Abbey. Both the Sheen Charterhouse and Syon were recent royal foundations, established by Henry V. The Mirror is an important example of the devotional works produced to satisfy demand among laity as well as professed religious, wanting to read lives of Christ in the years following the repressive legislation of Archbishop Arundel (1409), which placed severe restrictions on biblical translation into English, intended to limit the spread of heresy. The Mirror, written in the tradition of the highly successful translation by another Carthusian, Nicholas Love, of Pseudo-Bonaventure's life of Christ, testifies to the demand for such material in pious households. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Paul J. Patterson (Associate Professor of English, Associate Professor of English, Saint Joseph's University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Volume: 346 Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.542kg ISBN: 9780198744979ISBN 10: 0198744978 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 17 March 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationProf. Paul J. Patterson is an Associate Professor of English at Saint Joseph's University. His research interests include devotional writing in late medieval England and the transmission of mystical writings from the Continent to England. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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