Text and traditions of medieval pastoral care
Subtitle: essays in honour of Bella Millett
By: edited by Cate Gunn and Catherine Innes-Parker.
Contributors: Gunn, Cate.; Innes-Parker, Catherine.; Millett, Bella.
Series: York Medieval Press publications
Publisher: York Medieval
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Woodbridge, UK; Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9781903153291
Subjects: Pastoral theology -- England -- History -- To 1500; Pastoral care -- England -- History -- To 1500; Devotional literature, English (Middle) -- History and criticism
Description: "Ranging historically from the difficulties of localizing Anglo-Saxon pastoral texts to a study of what women read in late-medieval England, the individual essays survey the development of the genre and its transformation into the literature of vernacular spirituality." -- Dust jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.