Wohunge of ure lauerd. Wohunge of ure lauerd. English.
Notes:
"Þe Wohunge of ure lauerd survives only in BL MS Cotton Titus D.xviii, a manuscript dating from the 1240s. Titus is a small manuscript (157 x 120mm), suitable to be held in the hand for private reading."--Introduction. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- A note on the texts editorial practice -- Þe wohunge of ure lauerd = The wooing of our Lord -- On god ureisun of ure lefdi = A good prayer to our Lady -- On wel swuðe god ureisun of God almihti = A most excellent prayer to God Almighty -- Þe oreisun of seinte Marie = A prayer to Saint Mary -- On lofsong of ure louerde / A hymn to our Lord -- Appendix A: Þe oreisun of seinte marie: the prayer to Saint Mary -- Appendix B: Bono Oratio: a good prayer -- Appendix C: Bonum Lectum: a good reading -- Appendix D: The passion of our Lord, Jesus Christ: a vision of the passion -- Appendix E: Hypothetical stemma codicae of the Wooing Group -- Bibliography.
Summary:
"The Wooing of Our Lord occupies a seminal position in the history of English literature and the development of English religious devotion. Dating from the second quarter of the thirteenth century, it is one of a group of texts written in English at a time when the language of literature and the court was Anglo-Norman French, and when the language of church and state was Latin. The Wooing of Our Lord is also a highly skilled composition, a work which combines beautiful and poetic expression with a profound affective theology. Its first-person female narrator speaks directly to Christ, becoming the voice of the reader whom the text guides through a passionate meditation upon the magnitude of Christ's love, his sufferings in his Passion, and the response of the individual soul."-- Provided by publisher.
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