Two Middle English Prayer Cycles: Holkham, 'Prayers and Meditations' and Simon Appulby, 'Fruyte of Redempcyon' [Latin]

This book is the first critical edition of two fascinating but overlooked devotional texts. Each shines its own light on medieval faith. The Holkham Prayers and Meditations (ca.1410) is a rare example of female authorship, written by an unnamed woman to guide a "religious sustir." Simon Appulby's Fruyte of Redempcyon (1514) is more popular in aim, composed by one of England's last anchorites to serve his urban community. Both texts are accompanied...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Latin
• ISBN: 1580446825
• ISBN13: 9781580446822
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 4.68 lbs.