| Ritual Memory: The Apocryphal Acts and Liturgical Commemoration in the Early Medieval West (C.500-1215) Contributor(s): Rose (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004171711 ISBN-13: 9789004171718 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $207.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: Ritual Memory gives an analysis of the transforming functioning of liturgy in the transmission of extra-canonical (apocryphal) traditions, and offers a survey of medieval assessments of the concept apocryphal. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 229.925 |
| LCCN: 2008055422 |
| Series: Mittellateinische Studien Und Texte |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.5" W x 9.6" (1.60 lbs) 350 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ritual Memory brings together two areas of study which have hitherto rarely been studied in comparison: liturgy and the apocryphal Acts of the Apostles. The book gives an analysis of the liturgical celebration of the apostles in the medieval West and examines the incorporation of the apocrypha in practices of ritual commemoration. It reveals the role that liturgy played in the transmission of the apocryphal Acts and visualises the way these narrative traditions developed and changed through their incorporation into a ritual context. The result is a dynamic picture of the ritual reception of the extra-canonical Acts in the Latin Middle Ages, where the apocryphal legends about the apostolic past were approached as memorable traditions on the origins of Christianity. |