Changing emphases in English vernacular homiletic literature, 960–1225
Kathleen Greenfield
In spite of the highly traditional nature English vernacular homiletic literature, content homilies can be shown to change when period 960–1100 is compared with 1100 1225. This especially true homilists' attitudes toward history, and subjects they address admonish their audiences regard correct behavior.By identifying direct admonitions behave or obstain from behaving in a particular way, it has been possible establish certain important categories behavior advocated prohibited. Admonitions relating these thirty-seven have then recorded quantified. The results this analysis show significant changes attention homilists such as murder, lying, sorcery, theft, disloyalty, kinship duties, confession, well various states mind chastity, contrition, etc. These reveal an early thirteenth-century literature which questions basic social order are no longer considered pressing matters for pulpit, sincere compliance Christian moral precepts primary concern.Seen light, give us valuable insight into world view characteristics parish pulpit during there very few other records life.
Journal of Medieval History