Vernacular Theology (eBook)

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Eliana Corbari,University of Bristol, Great Britain.

Table of Figures 11
Acknowledgements 13
Introduction 15
Why is sermon literature an important source? 15
What is the relevance of Lent? 18
What are the implications of vernacular sermons? 20
Hermeneutical keys: Quis, quid, ubi, per quos, quotiens, cur, quomodo, quando? 25
Chapter One: Quid and quis 31
Quid – what have you done? 31
Sermones quadragesimales 31
Quaresimale fiorentino 36
Lo specchio della vera penitenza 43
Quis – who are you? 50
Jacopo da Varazze 51
Giordano da Pisa 54
Jacopo Passavanti 63
Conclusion 68
Chapter Two: Reception and dissemination of Dominican sermons in late medieval Florence 71
Sermons as literature 71
Literary audience of vernacular Dominican sermons 73
Women learning and teaching 74
Vernacular theology 76
Reading habits in Florence 79
Description of manuscripts 81
Case studies 105
Firenze, Biblioteca Riccardiana, Ms. 1277 106
Firenze, Biblioteca Riccardiana, Ms. 1338 110
Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Ms. II.IV.167 113
Overview 116
Chapter Three: Dominican reading, seeing, and believing 121
Divine science 121
Double divine science 131
Learning vernacular theology 132
Women protagonists 138
Mary Magdalen 140
Martha and Martilla 146
Visible women 149
Women in the Dominican chapter house 150
Women in the public square 154
Exemplary women 158
Conclusion 161
Chapter Four: Villana de’ Botti 163
Latin vita and vernacular theology 163
One among many 164
A Dominican laywoman 166
A married penitent 167
The vita of Villana 168
An active, visible, and vocal audience 173
A learned Dominican penitent 176
Villana’s memory 180
The memorial of women 182
The memorial of lay societies 186
The memories for the friars 194
Conclusion 200
Conclusions 203
Appendices 207
Appendix A: Comparative index of thema of Lenten sermons 207
Appendix B: Translations 219
Appendix C: Bibliographical abbreviations for Chapter Two, description of manuscripts 231
Appendix D: Quantitative analysis of manuscripts examined in Chapter Two 237
Bibliography 241
Index 259