Table of Contents

Figures, Tables, Maps, and Appendices
Photograph Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction to the Liturgy of the Medieval Church
Part One: The Shape of the Liturgical Year
A Monastic Conception of the Liturgical Year
The Divine Office and Private Devotion in the Latin West
The Liturgy and the Literature of Saints' Lives
Part Two: Particular Liturgies
Liturgy and Liturgical Daily Life in the Medieval Greek World - The Byzantine Empire
The Liturgical Profile of the Parish Church in Medieval Sweden
Jews and Judaism in the Medieval Latin Liturgy
Sacramental Liturgies in the Middle Ages
The Office for Saint Cecilia
Part Three: The Physical Setting of the Liturgy
Architecture as Liturgical Setting
Church Porches and the Liturgy in Twelfth-Century Rome
Liturgical Vessels and Implements
Part Four: The Liturgy and Books
Manuscripts of the Liturgy
The Book of Hours
Part Five: Liturgy and the Arts
Iconography in the Liturgical Life of the Medieval Greek Church
The Liturgy and Vernacular Literature
Liturgical Drama and Community Discourse
The Music of the Liturgy
Gregorius Presul Composuit Hunc Libellum Musicae Artis
Part Six: Expanding the Definitions of Medieval Liturgy
Liturgy as Social Performance: Expanding the Definitions
Glossary
Index of Medieval Manuscripts
Index of Biblical Citations
Index of Modern Scholars
Index of Feast Days
General Index

About the Author

Thomas J. Heffernan is a Professor of English and the Director of the Humanities Center at the University of Tennessee Knocksville. His interests include British Literature and Medieval Studies.

E. Ann Matter is a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in Medieval Christianity.