A FIFTEENTH-CENTURY MIDDLE ENGLISH SERMON ON THE DECLINE OF THE WORLD AND THE AGE OF STONE.
The article presents an edition of a 15th century Middle English sermon contained in the manuscript British Library, Royal MS 8 F.vii, along with commentary on the sermon. The sermon is said to draw upon the books "Metamorphoses," by Ovid, and "Etymologies," by Isidore of Seville, to discuss the the...
| Publicado en: | Medium Aevum Vol. 80; no. 2; pp. 271 - 301 |
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Society for the Study of Medieval Languages & Literature
2011
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| Sumario: | The article presents an edition of a 15th century Middle English sermon contained in the manuscript British Library, Royal MS 8 F.vii, along with commentary on the sermon. The sermon is said to draw upon the books "Metamorphoses," by Ovid, and "Etymologies," by Isidore of Seville, to discuss the theme of the world's decline. Also noted is the sermon's participation in a form of vernacular preaching said to be in opposition to the religious movement Wyclifism. |
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