Clerical Discourse and Lay Audience in Late Medieval England
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 24, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780521023276
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary Criticism; General; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Latin; Latin language, Medieval and modern; England; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Translations into English--History and criticism; Clergy; History; Language Arts & Disciplines-General; Literary Criticism & Collections / Belles Lettres; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Christian literature, English (Middle); Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern); History and criticism; Translating into English; Translations into English
First sentence: . . . And so seculer power owep and is bounden to ponisshe by just peyne of his swerd, pat is, worldly power, try[u]auntis rebellinge azens God and trespassing azens man by what kyn trespas; and, pat is more, to chastise his sugetis by peyne or turment of here body.
Notes: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature