The liturgy, the public worship of the Catholic Church, was crucial in forging the society of early medieval Rome, in that it oriented Roman society to God and fostered the dominance of the clergy. This study places the liturgy centre stage, filling a gap in research on early me…
The United Methodist book of worship
Modern Indian studies have recently become a site for new, creative, and thought-provoking debates extending over a broad canvas of crucial issues. As a result of socio-political transformations, certain concepts-such as ahimsa, caste, darshan, and race-have taken on different m…
Communal singing and reading of Latin texts formed the core of Christian ritual and occupied hours of the Benedictine monk?s day. These monks also illustrated the texts, and the full meaning of these images is often only revealed when analysed in concert with the oral and writte…
"The monks of Cîteaux produced some of the most beautiful and enigmatic manuscripts of the twelfth century. This book interprets their function and the meaning of their illuminations as a group for the first time using the monastery's newly reformed liturgy and the literary work…
This book is intended as an introduction to the principal forms and orders of Western liturgy between about 900 and 1700, to explain their nature and basic historical origin, and to present in detail the contents and orders of principal services as well as additional and special…