Description: Boke of Gostely Grace : The Middle English Translation: a Critical Edition from Oxford, Ms Bodley, Hardcover by Yoshikawa, Naoe Kukita (EDT); Mouron, Anne (EDT); Atherton, Mark (EDT), ISBN 1800856334, ISBN-13 9781800856332, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The Boke of Gostely Grace is the anonymous Middle English version of the Liber specialis gratiae by the German visionary Mechthild of Hackeborn (1). The original Liber, compiled at the convent of Helfta in Saxony, presents Mechthild's visions as she experienced them in the liturgy of the Christian year. Her famous visions of the Sacred Heart follow, along with instructions on the religious life in community and her visions of the afterlife. The Middle English version adapts the text to a new fifteenth-century audience, probably a Birgittine community such as the newly founded Syon Abbey on the Thames near London; it emphasises imagery of the dance of the liturgy, the vineyard and the Sacred Heart in new and vivid terms, while other aspects, such as the bridal imagery, are played down. Within a generation, the English text had become popular among the nobility, and stimulated lay piety and private prayer. While scholars have traced the influence and reception of many continental European women writers, Mechthild's revelations have often escaped their attention, through the lack of suitable editions. This edition of Bodley 220, the manuscript written in the London area, includes introduction, commentary and glossary, and breaks new ground in the study of late medieval vernacular translation and women's literary culture.
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Book Title: Boke of Gostely Grace : The Middle English Translation: a Critica
Number of Pages: 656 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Boke of Gostely Grace : The Middle English Translation: a Critical Edition from Oxford, MS Bodley 220
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Item Height: 1.5 in
Publication Year: 2022
Subject: Medieval, Europe / Great Britain / Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485), Old & Middle English, Christianity / Denominations
Type: Language Course
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, Religion, History
Author: Anne Mouron
Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
