Lay Piety and Religious Discipline in Middle English Literature

Nicole R. (Yale University, Connecticut) Rice

Cambridge University Press, 2009

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In this book Nicole Rice analyses late medieval prose guides that disseminated the idea of religious discipline to a lay audience. By considering the themes of spiritual discipline, religious identity, and orthodoxy in Langland and Chaucer, the study also sheds new light on Piers Plowman and The Canterbury Tales.

ISBN-13
9780521896078
ISBN-10
052189607X
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2009
Publication date
2009-01-08
Pages
270
Dimensions
160x236x22
Weight
540