Journal• ISSN: 1366-0691
Medieval Sermon Studies
Maney Publishing
About: Medieval Sermon Studies is an academic journal published by Maney Publishing. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Sermon & SAINT. It has an ISSN identifier of 1366-0691. Over the lifetime, 73 publications have been published receiving 253 citations. The journal is also known as: MSS.
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TL;DR: The MS Harley 4894 as discussed by the authors contains the fifty-nine extant sermons of Master Robert Rypon, a monk of Durham priory in England at the turn of the fifteenth century.
Abstract: London, British Library, MS Harley 4894 is a handsome manuscript containing the fifty-nine extant sermons of Master Robert Rypon, a monk of Durham priory in England at the turn of the fifteenth century. Complete with illuminated initials and a detailed index, this sermon collection attests not only to the high regard in which Rypon was held as a preacher but to the resources that the monks were willing to expend in preserving his sermons and making them accessible to current and future readers. Like a model sermon collection the sermons are arranged in liturgical order, and the manuscript employs a system of marginal annotations which, together with its index, is designed to help readers navigate the collection. This article presents evidence, palaeographical and textual, suggesting that Rypon himself is the mastermind behind the creation of Harley 4894.
63 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse the versions of the Clermont sermon in the crusading chronicles and compare them with the only address held by Urban II known from a non-narrative source.
Abstract: Scholars have dealt extensively with the sermon held by Urban II at the Council of Clermont to launch the First Crusade. There is indeed much room for speculation, since the original text has been lost and we have to rely on the reports of it in chronicles. But the scholarly discussion is mostly based on the same sort of sources: the chronicles and their references to letters and charters. Not much attention has been paid so far to the genre of papal synodal sermons in the Middle Ages. In this article, I focus on the tradition of papal oratory, using this background to look at the call for crusade from a new perspective. Firstly, I analyse the versions of the Clermont sermon in the crusading chronicles and compare them with the only address held by Urban II known from a non-narrative source. Secondly, I discuss the sermons of Gregory VII as they are recorded in synodal protocols and in historiography. The results support the view that only the version reported by Fulcher of Chartres corresponds to...
16 citations
TL;DR: The field of medieval sermon studies has matured into a well-established and growing interdisciplinary area of medieval studies as discussed by the authors, with a broad range of topics, here exemplified by memory and visual arts.
Abstract: Since the publication of The Sermon in 2000, the field of medieval sermon studies has matured into a well-established and growing interdisciplinary area of medieval studies This article seeks to illustrate how we are doing our work and where our interests are taking us Growing numbers of print and electronic resources facilitate locating, accessing, and interpreting texts and other historical sources pertinent to preaching Via the preparation of carefully edited texts, the exploration of specific themes, and the illumination of particular preaching traditions, increased depth of understanding is being achieved Sermonists use an expanding range of scholarly methodologies and pursue a broadening range of topics, here exemplified by memory and visual arts Overarching much of our work is the desire to recover medieval experiences of what was fundamentally an oral and performative genre through its largely textual remains
13 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discover performance indicators in late medieval sermons and compare them with the performance indicators of early medieval sermon studies, and propose a performance indicator for each of them.
Abstract: (2010). Discovering Performance Indicators in Late Medieval Sermons. Medieval Sermon Studies: Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 75-86.
12 citations
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| Year | Papers |
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| 2026 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2024 | 13 |
| 2023 | 16 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2020 | 2 |