Ritual Memory
The Apocryphal Acts and Liturgical Commemoration in the Early Medieval West (c.500-1215)
Biographical note
Els Rose, took her doctoral degree (2001, Utrecht University) with a thesis on language and liturgy in Merovingian Gaul. She teaches Medieval Latin at the same university, and has published recently on the apocrypha in medieval religious culture.
Readership
All those interested in the history of medieval Christianity, apocryphal literature, liturgy and the commemoration of the saints.
Table of contents
Preface
List of Abbreviations
General Introduction
1. The apocryphal acts and liturgical commemoration
2. Bartholomew: apostle against idols
3. Philip and James: brothers in cult
4. Matthew:sinner and saint
5. Simon and Jude: brothers in martyrdom
6.Images of the apostles
7. Epilogue
Subject index
Index of personal names
Indx of biblical passages
List of Abbreviations
General Introduction
1. The apocryphal acts and liturgical commemoration
2. Bartholomew: apostle against idols
3. Philip and James: brothers in cult
4. Matthew:sinner and saint
5. Simon and Jude: brothers in martyrdom
6.Images of the apostles
7. Epilogue
Subject index
Index of personal names
Indx of biblical passages
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