Balaam's Ass: Vernacular Theology Before the English Reformation: Volume 1: Frameworks, Arguments, English to 1250

by Nicholas Watson

For over seven hundred years, bodies of writing in vernacular languages served an indispensable role in the religious and intellectual culture of medieval Christian England, yet the character and extent of their importance have been insufficiently recognized. A longstanding identification of medieval western European Christianity with the Latin language and a lack of awareness about the sheer variety and quantity of vernacular religious writing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812253728
• ISBN13: 9780812253726
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 616 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.6" x 9.4"