From music written in praise of Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and English saints to the selection of Gospel readings by the Dominicans, this book introduces readers to the richness of medieval liturgical culture from across Britain and Ireland. Each of its three main sections opens with a chapter that offers a contextual frame for its key themes. With contributions from leading experts in pre-Reformation music and its sources, the book's focus on Insular liturgy – rather than that of only one part of Britain or Ireland – allows readers to learn about the devotional, political and creative networks at play in shaping liturgical practices: personal, secular, monastic, lay, and professional. The opening part includes broader discussions of Uses, including that of Salisbury, and case studies explore Insular witnesses to devotional activities in honour of both local cults and widely known figures, including St Columba, St Margaret, St Katherine, and the Magi.
Edited by:
Ann Buckley (Trinity College Dublin),
Lisa Colton (University of Huddersfield)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 250mm,
Width: 172mm,
Spine: 24mm
Weight: 810g
ISBN: 9781108493222
ISBN 10: 110849322X
Pages: 340
Publication Date: 06 January 2022
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Part I. Liturgical Texts and their Contexts: 1. Textual witnesses to insular liturgies Ann Buckley and Lisa Colton; 2. Contexts for the late medieval pontifical of Anian, bishop of Bangor: Issues of the 'Local' and the 'More-Than-Local' John Harper; 3. Insular uses other than that of Salisbury John Caldwell; 4. Saints and their sung texts in manuscripts of the Sarum Sanctorale: The case of Margaret, Virgin and Martyr Matthew Cheung Salisbury; Part II. Patterns in the Veneration of Regional and Local Saints in Insular Liturgical Sources: 5. Introduction to Part II Ann Buckley and Lisa Colton; 6. Plainchant offices for the saints of medieval Britain and Ireland: Some reflections on their local and national significance David Hiley; 7. Insular saints in Irish Sarum sources of the office Ann Buckley; 8. Responsory verses for Irish and insular saints: Medieval singer-composers at work Barbara Haggh-Huglo; 9. Pater Columba: The Irish and Scottish offices of St Columba of Iona (Colum Cille) Ann Buckley; Part III. Textual Witnesses to Insular-Continental Networks: 10. Introduction to Part III Ann Buckley and Lisa Colton; 11. Nation, Identity and the Liturgical Cult of St Katherine of Alexandria in Twelfth-Century England James J. Blasina; 12. The Dominicans and their Identity in Medieval Britain and Ireland: Evidence from Dominican Gospel Lections Eleanor J. Giraud; 13. Liturgy and Devotion in Insular Witnesses to the Cult of the Three Kings of Cologne Lisa Colton; Bibliography.
Ann Buckley is Research Associate at the Medieval History Research Centre of Trinity College Dublin. Her publications include Music, Liturgy and the Veneration of Saints of the Medieval Irish Church in a European Context, ed. Ann Buckley (2017), along with other edited collections and individual articles on music in medieval Ireland, Latin and vernacular monophonic song, and the history and archaeology of musical instruments. Lisa Colton is Reader in Musicology at the University of Huddersfield. Her publications include Angel Song: Medieval English Music in History (2017), Gender, Age, and Musical Creativity (with Catherine Haworth, 2015) and Sources of Identity: Makers, Owners, and Users of Music Sources Before 1600 (with Tim Shephard, 2017).
