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Middle English devotional compilations - consisting of a series of texts or extracts of texts that have intentionally been put together to constitute new and unified devotional texts - have often been approached as complex collections of source texts that need to be linked with their originals. This book argues that the study of compilations should move beyond the disentanglement of their sources. It approaches compiling as a literary activity and an active way of shaping the medieval text, with the aim to nuance scholarly discussion about compiling by putting greater emphasis on the literary instead of the technical aspects of compiling activity. In addition to describing the additions, omissions and other types of adaptations that compilers made to their source texts, Middle English Devotional Compilations highlights the nature and function of compiling activity in late medieval England, and examines three major but understudied Middle English devotional compilations in depth: The Pore Caitif, The Tretyse of Love and A Talkyng of the Love of God.

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Devotional compilations were the staple spiritual food for lay and religious readers in the late medieval period. As well thought-out assemblages of texts or extracts of texts, they provided readers with material from basic catechetic instruction to advice and tools for the practice of contemplation. Their exploration enables a more sophisticated understanding of the authorial roles played by compilers, the reading practices of their recipients, and the patronage of compilations carried out by religious and secular individuals and communities. It also offers a new window into late medieval English religiosity as well as demonstrating the complexity and creativity associated with compiling activity. In this volume, leading scholars in the field of medieval English literature consider the role and impact of a substantial number of devotional compilations, offering new evidence about the manuscripts, sources, and contexts that frame this important corpus.

Christian spirituality --- anno 1200-1499 --- Great Britain --- 248.159 --- 091 <41> --- 091:2 --- 091:264 --- 091.14 --- 091 "1250/14" --- 091 "1250/14" Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--13e-15e eeuw. Periode 1250-1499 ('late middeleeuwen') --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--13e-15e eeuw. Periode 1250-1499 ('late middeleeuwen') --- 091.14 Codicologie. Codices. Scriptoria --- Codicologie. Codices. Scriptoria --- 091:264 Handschriften i.v.m. liturgie --- Handschriften i.v.m. liturgie --- 091:2 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Godsdienst. Theologie --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Godsdienst. Theologie --- 091 <41> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- 248.159 Devoties:--algemeen --- Devoties:--algemeen --- Christian literature [English ] (Middle)