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Ethics and Power in Medieval English Reformist Writing

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by Virginia) Edwin D. Craun (washington And Lee University

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Cambridge University Press

    • Published

      January 2013

    • Weight

      318g

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      Ethics and Power in Medieval English Reformist Writing

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      Product Description

      The late medieval Church obliged all Christians to rebuke the sins of others, especially those who had power to discipline in Church and State: priests, confessors, bishops, judges, the Pope. This practice, in which the injured party had to confront the wrong-doer directly and privately, was known as fraternal correction. Edwin Craun examines how pastoral writing instructed Christians to make this corrective process effective by avoiding slander, insult, and hypocrisy. He explores how John Wyclif and his followers expanded this established practice to authorize their own polemics against mendicants and clerical wealth. Finally, he traces how major English reformist writing - Piers Plowman, Mum and the Sothsegger, and The Book of Margery Kempe - expanded the practice to justify their protests, to protect themselves from repressive elements in the late Ricardian and Lancastrian Church and State, and to urge their readers to mount effective protests against religious, social, and political abuses.

      Specification

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Cambridge University Press

      • Published

        January 2013

      • Weight

        318g

      • Page Count

        234

      • Dimensions

        153 x 229 x 13 mm

      • ISBN

        9781107412538

      • ISBN-10

        1107412536

      • Eden Code

        4059794

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      • ISBN: 9781107412538

      • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

      • Release Date: January 2013

      • Weight: 318g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 13 mm

      • Eden Code: 4059794

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