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- Book Title
- Death and the Prince : Memorial Preaching Before 1350
- ISBN
- 9780198203964
- Subject Area
- Religion, History
- Publication Name
- Death and the Prince : Memorial Preaching before 1350
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Subject
- Christian Ministry / Preaching, Europe / Medieval
- Publication Year
- 1994
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Item Weight
- 19 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 326 Pages
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198203969
ISBN-13
9780198203964
eBay Product ID (ePID)
83258
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
326 Pages
Publication Name
Death and the Prince : Memorial Preaching before 1350
Language
English
Subject
Christian Ministry / Preaching, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year
1994
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
19 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
94-008695
Reviews
"Taking the reader through the translated texts, he reveals their beautiful economy. The same quality imbues this book. Every part does its job perfectly, and the whole is more than the sum of these parts....In the sense that matters, this is a big book."--American Historical Review"[The author] has opened up for us the nearly untouched field of memorial sermons for princes."--Speculum"Thanks to [D'Avray's] impressive scholarship, the medieval transition from Roman to humanist funeral rhetoric can now be fully appreciated."--The Journal of Religion, 'Erudite and stimulating book ... d'Avray has put later medieval historians in his debt by providing them both with material as grist for their mills and with sophisticated interpretative techniques as stimulus to reflection.'Ecclesiastical History'D'Avray's argument presents important insights into the "history of death" in the Middle Ages, as well as into the political history of the period.'The Medieval World'D'Avray's plea for continued collaborative work on memorial sermons is characteristic of one who has shown equal generosity in sharing his own insights and acknowlegding the work of others. International scholarhsip should be like this...The style - clear, unpretentios, and direct- reflects the man. D'Avray never patronises. He contrives to write stimulatingly for both fellow experts and students...In the sense that matters, this is a big book'American Historical Review'manages to live up to the expectations that it arouses, and provides readers with a sensitive and supple study of memorial preaching about princes before 1350'Alan J. Fletcher, Medium Aevum, LXV.I, "Taking the reader through the translated texts, he reveals their beautiful economy. The same quality imbues this book. Every part does its job perfectly, and the whole is more than the sum of these parts....In the sense that matters, this is a big book."--American Historical Review "[The author] has opened up for us the nearly untouched field of memorial sermons for princes."--Speculum-A Journal of Medieval Studies "Thanks to [D'Avray's] impressive scholarship, the medieval transition from Roman to humanist funeral rhetoric can now be fully appreciated."--The Journal of Religion, 'D'Avray's argument presents important insights into the "history of death" in the Middle Ages, as well as into the political history of the period.'The Medieval World, "Taking the reader through the translated texts, he reveals their beautiful economy. The same quality imbues this book. Every part does its job perfectly, and the whole is more than the sum of these parts....In the sense that matters, this is a big book."--American Historical Review "[The author] has opened up for us the nearly untouched field of memorial sermons for princes."--Speculum "Thanks to [D'Avray's] impressive scholarship, the medieval transition from Roman to humanist funeral rhetoric can now be fully appreciated."--The Journal of Religion, 'D'Avray's plea for continued collaborative work on memorial sermons is characteristic of one who has shown equal generosity in sharing his own insights and acknowlegding the work of others. International scholarhsip should be like this...The style - clear, unpretentios, and direct- reflectsthe man. D'Avray never patronises. He contrives to write stimulatingly for both fellow experts and students...In the sense that matters, this is a big book'American Historical Review, "Taking the reader through the translated texts, he reveals their beautiful economy. The same quality imbues this book. Every part does its job perfectly, and the whole is more than the sum of these parts....In the sense that matters, this is a big book."-- American Historical Review "[The author] has opened up for us the nearly untouched field of memorial sermons for princes."-- Speculum-A Journal of Medieval Studies "Thanks to [D'Avray's] impressive scholarship, the medieval transition from Roman to humanist funeral rhetoric can now be fully appreciated."-- The Journal of Religion, 'manages to live up to the expectations that it arouses, and provides readers with a sensitive and supple study of memorial preaching about princes before 1350'Alan J. Fletcher, Medium Aevum, LXV.I, 'Erudite and stimulating book ... d'Avray has put later medieval historians in his debt by providing them both with material as grist for their mills and with sophisticated interpretative techniques as stimulus to reflection.'Ecclesiastical History
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
236/.1/0902
Synopsis
This is a study of medieval de mortuis sermons in memory of kings and princes. It examines medieval kingship and attitudes to death, and identifies a period in which this-wordly and other-wordly interests were held in a relatively stable equilibrium.David d'Avray's conclusions are based on unpublished medieval sermons from fourteenth century Europe. After an outline of the genre's development, he argues that the portrayal of individual personalities seemed to convey a message about kingship. The message is shown to be much the same as that of fifteenth century humanist preaching so far as the "external goods" of wealth and nobility are concerned. Aristotelian influence enhances the secular character of the ideology. The secularity, however, is harmoniously balanced by a more predictable emphasis on death and the afterlife. Furthermore, in drawing this balance the sermons are representative of an outlook widely current in the real world of a fourteenth century kingship.Death and the Prince mixes political history with history of mentalities in an original and scholarly study. The relation of its argument to recent French and German historiography is spelled out, and critical transcriptions of a significant selection of unpublished sources are appended., This is a fascinating study of attitudes to death and the afterlife in medieval Europe. Based on unpublished sermons in memory of kings and princes, it examines the relationship between kingship and death, in a period when a genuinely secular political consciousness existed alongside other-worldly priorities., This is a fascinating study of attitudes towards death and the afterlife in medieval Europe. Based on fourteenth-century unpublished sermons in memory of kings and princes, it examines the relationship between kingship and death, in a period when a genuinely secular political consciousness existed alongside other-worldly priorities. David D'Avray mixes political history with the history of mentalites to produce a unique look at funeral preaching during this era., This is a study of medieval de mortuis sermons in memory of kings and princes. It examines medieval kingship and attitudes to death, and identifies a period in which this-wordly and other-wordly interests were held in a relatively stable equilibrium. David d'Avray's conclusions are based on unpublished medieval sermons from fourteenth century Europe. After an outline of the genre's development, he argues that the portrayal of individual personalities seemed to convey a message about kingship. The message is shown to be much the same as that of fifteenth century humanist preaching so far as the "external goods" of wealth and nobility are concerned. Aristotelian influence enhances the secular character of the ideology. The secularity, however, is harmoniously balanced by a more predictable emphasis on death and the afterlife. Furthermore, in drawing this balance the sermons are representative of an outlook widely current in the real world of a fourteenth century kingship. Death and the Prince mixes political history with history of mentalities in an original and scholarly study. The relation of its argument to recent French and German historiography is spelled out, and critical transcriptions of a significant selection of unpublished sources are appended.
LC Classification Number
BT825.D35 1994
Copyright Date
1994
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