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The 'Conditions of Eligibility' in 'The Wohunge of ure Lauerd'

The 'Conditions of Eligibility' in 'The Wohunge of ure Lauerd'
The 'Conditions of Eligibility' in 'The Wohunge of ure Lauerd'
The article examines the use of the 'topos' of Christ's eligibility as a lover in 'The Wohunge of ure Lauerd', noting parallels in the related early thirteenth-century Middle English works Ancrene Wisse and 'Epistel of Meidenhad', and also (as identified by Nicole Beriou and David d'Avray) in later thirteenth-century Paris marriage sermons. It traces the historical development of the 'topos' from the late patristic period onwards, and argues that the parallels between the 'Ancrene Wisse' Group works and the later Paris sermons point to a common origin in the preaching of the schools c. 1200.
0708320333
University of Wales Press
Millett, Bella
99523544-2312-4078-97f1-c6d4eb8edd39
Chewning, Susannah M.
Millett, Bella
99523544-2312-4078-97f1-c6d4eb8edd39
Chewning, Susannah M.

Millett, Bella (2009) The 'Conditions of Eligibility' in 'The Wohunge of ure Lauerd'. In, Chewning, Susannah M. (ed.) The Milieu and Context of the Wooing Group. (Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages) Cardiff, UK. University of Wales Press.

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The article examines the use of the 'topos' of Christ's eligibility as a lover in 'The Wohunge of ure Lauerd', noting parallels in the related early thirteenth-century Middle English works Ancrene Wisse and 'Epistel of Meidenhad', and also (as identified by Nicole Beriou and David d'Avray) in later thirteenth-century Paris marriage sermons. It traces the historical development of the 'topos' from the late patristic period onwards, and argues that the parallels between the 'Ancrene Wisse' Group works and the later Paris sermons point to a common origin in the preaching of the schools c. 1200.

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Published date: June 2009
Organisations: English

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Local EPrints ID: 67613
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/67613
ISBN: 0708320333
PURE UUID: 8bac8dd0-ce5d-40f4-9d56-c457d198b88a

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Date deposited: 01 Sep 2009
Last modified: 13 Mar 2024 18:54

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Author: Bella Millett
Editor: Susannah M. Chewning

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