"Starting in the fourteenth century, northern France saw the rise of confraternities and other lay communities of men and women, organized around trades and religious devotions dedicated to specific patron saints. The composition of new plainchant for masses and offices in honor…
Introduction -- Confraternities and popular devotions to St. Barbara in Tournai -- Relic translation and healing in liturgies for St. Catherine and St. Nicholas in Paris -- Historical narratives and the importance of place in masses for St. Sebastian -- Compositional practice, n…