Lay piety and religious discipline in Middle English literature /

In late-fourteenth-century England, the persistent question of how to live the best life preoccupied many pious Christians. One answer was provided by a new genre of prose guides that adapted professional religious rules and routines for lay audiences. These texts engaged with many of the same cultu...

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Main Author: Rice, Nicole R., 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Series:Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 73.
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