Devotional Interaction in Medieval England and its Afterlives

Elisa A. Foster, Ph.D. (Brown, 2012), is a Henry Moore Foundation Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds and Associate Tutor at the University of York. She has published on medieval sculpture, religious processions and the image of the Black Madonna in medieval and early modern Europe.Julia Perratore, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania, 2012), is Visiting Assistant Professor at Fordham University. She has published on architectural sculpture, community formation, and urban identity in medieval Europe.Steven Rozenski, Ph.D. (Harvard, 2012), is Assistant Professor of Medieval English at the University of Rochester (New York). He has published on medieval English and Dutch poetry, German devotional literature, manuscript illumination, and medieval translation practices.

"The volume comprises a collection of fascinating studies that celebrate and model the practice of interdisciplinary and collaborative research as the best way to analyze medieval devotion. It will be of interest to scholars working in any field of medieval studies, especially those who concern themselves with inter- or multidisciplinary approaches to medieval religion and its visual and material culture." - Beth Williamson, in: Speculum 95/3 (July 2020)

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of FiguresNotes on ContributorsIntroductionElisa A. Foster, Julia Perratore and Steven RozenskiPart 1: The Home1 “lothe to thenk on ought bot on Hymself”: Interaction and Contemplation in The Cloud of UnknowingKerilyn Harkaway-Krieger2 Crusading for (Heavenly) Jerusalem: A Noble Woman, Devotion, and the Trinity Apocalypse (Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R.16.2)Laura J. Whatley3 English Iconographic Rings and Medieval Populuxe JeweleryKathleen E. KennedyPart 2: The Cathedral4 The Last Judgement Porch at Lincoln Cathedral over the Longue Durée: Iconography, Interaction, and Religious ThoughtJennifer M. Feltman5 Beverley Minster’s 14th-Century Architectural Sculptures in a Devotional ContextJulia Perratore6 ‘I was blind and now I can see!’ Sight and Revelation in the St William Window in York MinsterLaura D. Gelfand7 The Truth behind the Mask? Comparing Two Views of the interior of York Minster in the 16th CenturyLouise Hampson8 Song in Space and Space in Song: Physical and Conceptual Boundaries in English Devotional Music, 1250-1500Lisa ColtonPart 3: The City9 ‘This is My Body’: Devotion to the Corpus Christi Shrine in Late Medieval YorkElisa A. Foster10 How Alien were the Alien Priories of Yorkshire?Elizabeth DachowskiPart 4: The Parish Church11 A Light to Lighten the Gentiles: Stained Glass, The Prick of Conscience, and Theological Double Vision in All Saints (North Street), YorkSteven Rozenski12 Romanesque Baptismal Fonts in East Yorkshire Parishes: Decoration and DevotionCarolyn TwomeyPart 5: Afterlives: Medieval Devotion and Modern Thought13 James Joyce’s Ulysses and the Medieval Eucharist: Fragmented Narratives of Doubt and CreationGregory Erickson14 Restored, Revived, Remixed, Reified? Our Devotion to the Medieval PastHeather Mitchell-BuckPostscript: AfterlifeAngie EstesSelect BibliographyIndex