Henry Totting of Oyta: Three Sermons of a Late Medieval Intellectual: De passione Domini - De assumpcione beate Virginis Marie - De nativitate Iohannis Baptiste

by Jan Odstrcilík, Riccardo Burgazzi, Francesca Battista

Overview

The book presents critical editions and structural analyses of three hitherto neglected sermons of Henry Totting of Oyta: De passione Domini, De assumpcione Marie and De nativitate Iohannis Baptiste. A biographical study on the author, who was active in Paris, Prague, Erfurt and Vienna in the 14^th century, completes the volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631669938
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	09/21/2016
Edition description:	New
Pages:	193
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jan Odstrcˇilík studied Medieval and Neo-Latin Studies at Charles University (Prague). He researches late medieval preaching, and medieval Latin treatises on the art of studying.

Riccardo Burgazzi studied Medieval and Neo-Latin Studies at Charles University (Prague). He focuses on late medieval Apocrypha.

Francesca Battista studied History and Literature at G. d’Annunzio University (Chieti-Pescara) and Medieval and Neo-Latin Studies at Charles University (Prague). She specializes in the field of medieval letters, ars dictaminis and female voice in medieval literature.

Table of Contents

Henry Totting of Oyta – De passione Domini – De assumpcione Marie – De nativitate Iohannis Baptiste – Late medieval preaching – Intellectual history – Manuscript studies – Medieval Central European universities – Petrarch