Angels and Earthly Creatures: Preaching, Performance, and Gender in the Later Middle Ages

Claire M. Waters

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2004

Angels and Earthly Creatures

Preaching, Performance, and Gender in the Later Middle Ages

Claire M. Waters

In the series The Middle Ages Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812204032

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About this book

Claire M. Waters offers an original examination of the preacher's unique role as an intermediary—standing between heaven and earth, between God and people, participating in and responsible to both sides of that divide.

Author / Editor information

Claire M. Waters teaches English at the University of California, Davis.

Reviews

"Waters's book is remarkable in the range of sources employed and the attention paid to each genre and work in its cultural context. . . . Her book makes a significant new contribution to the growing field of sermon studies and should also be taken seriously by students of intellectual history who seek to understand the complex roles preachers and preaching played in the later Middle Ages."—Journal of Religion

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Golden Chains of Citation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2. Holy Duplicity: The Preacher's Two Faces Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3. A Manner of Speaking: Access and the Vernacular Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
4. "Mere Words": Gendered Eloquence and Christian Preaching Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
5. Transparent Bodies and the Redemption of Rhetoric Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
6. The Alibi of Female Authority Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
7. Sermones ad Status and Old Wives' Tales; or, The Audience Talks Back Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 296
Keywords: Literature; Religion; Women's Studies; Gender Studies; Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Gender Studies; Literature; Cultural Studies; Religious Studies

eBook

Published: June 15, 2013
ISBN: 9780812204032