Ritual Life in the Medieval Dominican Order
Liturgical Expressions
Published on 16. July 2025
Book
Hardback
376 pages
978-0-88844-838-5 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of essays devoted to the Dominican liturgy in the Middle Ages begins with the reform of ritual and music identified with Humbert of Romans (1200-1277) and proceeds to the cult and liturgy at the shrine of St Thomas Aquinas at Toulouse. Focusing on manuscript examples of local practice, going beyond the liturgy of the friars to include that of cloistered nuns, Dominican penitent women, and lay people, and exploring material elements such as architecture, the essays reflect a more anthropological approach. The volume closes with editions of the oldest known sermons on Thomas Aquinas, probably preached at his shrine in Toulouse.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
698 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88844-838-5 (9780888448385)
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Augustine Thompson, O.P. is the Praeses of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto. He previously taught medieval religious history at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, the University of Virginia, and the University of Oregon. His books and articles, focused especially on high medieval Italian religious and intellectual history, include most recently Dominican Brothers: Conversi, Lay, and Cooperator Friars (2017); Francis of Assisi: A New Biography (2012); and Cities of God: The Religion of the Italian Communes, 1125-1325 (2005).