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  • The Sin of Sloth

    Acedia in Medieval Thought and Literature

    by Siegfried Wenzel ...
    Wenzel presents the history of the concept of acedia, of spiritual sloth," from its origins among the Egyptian desert monks through the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. The investigation proceeds in chronological order and pays close attention to the different emphases and changes the concept underwent.Originally published in 1967.A UNC Press Enduring Edition — UNC Press Enduring Editions use the ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Medieval 'Artes Praedicandi'

    A Synthesis of Scholastic Sermon Structure

    by Siegfried Wenzel ...
    Series Book 114 - Medieval Academy Books
    Between the early thirteenth and late fifteenth centuries, theologians and preachers in Western Europe adopted a distinct and rigidly structured sermon format. The scholastic sermon, as it was known, was taught through technical treatises known as artes praedicandi, of which approximately 230 survive.A dense and complicated arrangement, modern scholars often find the scholastic sermon challenging ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

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  • Orthodoxy

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    Chesterton's characteristics would probably meet with the literary surprise of his life, when, after reading the plain, simple introduction, he would proceed to peruse the pages of Orthodoxy and find himself at once dazzled, perplexed, delighted by this blaze of wit, paradox, epigram, sarcasm, Johnsonian common sense, original ways of looking at things which everybody knows, deep philosophic ... Read more

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  • Conflicting Femininities in Medieval German Literature

    by Karina Marie Ash ...
    Drastic changes in lay religiosity during the High Middle Ages spurred anxiety about women forsaking their secular roles as wives and mothers for religious ones as nuns and beguines. This anxiety and the subsequent need to model an ideal of feminine behavior for the laity is particularly expressed in the German versions of Latin and French narratives. Using thirteenth-century penitentials, ... Read more

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  • Classic Spurgeon Sermons Volume I: 50 sermons from 1855 (Illustrated Edition)

    by Charles Spurgeon ...
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19 June 1834 31 January 1892) was a British Particular Baptist preacher who remains highly influential among Christians of different denominations, among whom he is still known as the "Prince of Preachers". Spurgeon was to 19th century England what D. L Moody was to America. Although Spurgeon never attended theological school, by the age of twenty-one he was the most ... Read more

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  • Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship

    by F. Tolhurst ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship provides the first feminist analysis of the part of The History of the Kings of Britain that most readers overlook: the reigns before and after Arthur's. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Sermons to the People

    Advent, Christmas, New Year, Epiphany

    by Augustine of Hippo ...
    A superb new translation brings the words of Augustine the preacher stirringly to life!When the great Saint Augustine was called from his country home to become Bishop of Hippo in the fourth century, his new responsibilities took him away from the solitude of his writing and into the glare of the public eye. The author of two of the greatest works of religious literature, Confessions and City of ... Read more

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  • The Medieval Tradition of Thebes

    History and Narrative in the Roman de Thebes, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Lydgate

    by Dominique Battles ...
    Series series Studies in Medieval History and Culture
    As the story of the war between the sons of Oedipus and their cursed race, the Theban legend rivaled that of Troy in popularity and importance for medieval poets and audiences. Dominique Battles explores the vernacular Theban narratives of the Middle Ages, including the Old French Roman de Thebes (1154), Boccaccio's Teseida , Chaucer's Theban poems (Anelida and Arcite (1370s), the Knights Tale , ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Christian Warrior

    by Isaac Ambrose ...
    In The Christian Warrior, Isaac Ambrose (1604-1664) provides armament and strategy to fight our tireless adversary, the devil. He begins by showing, from Ephesians 6:12, how all God's people are warriors engaged in a battle, that our enemy is both powerful and malicious, and that we must wrestle and strive hard against him. He then gives specific examples of how Satan attacks us at different ... Read more

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  • Poetry and Identity in Quattrocento Naples

    by Matteo Soranzo ...
    Poetry and Identity in Quattrocento Naples approaches poems as acts of cultural identity and investigates how a group of authors used poetry to develop a poetic style, while also displaying their position toward the culture of others. Starting from an analysis of Giovanni Pontano’s Parthenopeus and De amore coniugali, followed by a discussion of Jacopo Sannazaro’s Arcadia, Matteo Soranzo links the ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • The Digital Puritan - Vol.II, No.3

    by Jonathan Edwards, Christopher Love, Thomas Watson ...
    "The Digital Puritan" is a quarterly reader of helpful Puritan works. Each article is carefully edited and formatted to maximize readability. The autumn 2012 edition of "The Digital Puritan" contains the following articles:The Preciousness of Time - Jonathan Edwards. This sermon, from 1734, reveals how being mindful of the brevity of this life makes us live life to the fullest (i.e. with eternity ... Read more

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  • American First-Fruits

    by John Alexander Dowie ...
    "American First-Fruits", published in 1889, is a record of a series of meetings held by "Dr." John Alexander Dowie across the state of California. This, being the second edition, is an expanded edition, which covers the entire eight months spent on the Missions, and also a record of time spent with a group of ministers explaining Dowie's doctrine, in his own words.Dowie is a unique character, to ... Read more

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