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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 Odstrčilík (Author) Riccardo Burgazzi (Author) Francesca Battista (Author)
©2016 Monographs 193 Pages

Summary

The book presents Henry Totting of Oyta (d. 1397), a late medieval intellectual who was active in Erfurt, Prague, Paris, and Vienna. In spite of the fact that he is a well-known figure, the majority of his works remain unedited in manuscripts. The authors analyse and provide the first editions of three of his sermons: On the Passion, On the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and On the Nativity of John the Baptist. Totting wrote each of them at a different point in his career, for a different audience and in a different style. They contribute to our knowledge about late medieval devotion and illustrate the transformation of late medieval intellectual life in Central Europe.

Table Of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • About the author
  • About the book
  • This eBook can be cited
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Late Medieval Religious Literature (Introduction)
  • Life and Works of Henry Totting of Oyta*
  • Meditating on the Passion: The Sermon Erit vita tua quasi pendens ante te (Deut 28,66)
  • I. Study
  • 1. Manuscript transmission
  • 2. Structure and contents
  • 3. Henry Totting of Oyta and John of Zazenhausen
  • 4. Deut 28,66, the Passion and Henry Totting of Oyta
  • II. Edition
  • III. Appendices
  • Preaching on the Feast of Assumption: The Sermon In Ierusalem potestas mea (Eccli 24,15)
  • I. Study
  • 1. Manuscript tradition, dating and public
  • 2. Mary’s journey towards the vision of peace: three stages (fastidivit, custodivit, acquisivit) in the three membra of the sermon
  • 3. Mary’s power as an expression of mercy, social justice and divine wisdom. A Eulogy of Mary’s potestas
  • II. Edition
  • Between vita activa and vita contemplativa: Sermon De nativitate Iohannis Baptiste
  • I. Study
  • 1. Manuscript tradition
  • 2. Content of the sermon
  • 3. Vita activa and vita contemplativa in other sermons by Totting
  • 4. The use of Petrarch
  • II. Edition
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Indices
  • Index manuscriptorum
  • Index locorum Sacrae Scripturae
  • Index nominum, locorum et rerum

Jan Odstrčilík / Riccardo Burgazzi / Francesca Battista

Henry Totting of Oyta: Three Sermons of a Late Medieval Intellectual

De passione Domini
De assumpcione beate Virginis Marie
De nativitate Iohannis Baptiste

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About the author

Jan Odstrčilík 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.

About the book

The book presents Henry Totting of Oyta (d. 1397), a late medieval intellectual who was active in Erfurt, Prague, Paris, and Vienna. In spite of the fact that he is a well-known figure, the majority of his works remain unedited in manuscripts. The authors analyse and provide the first editions of three of his sermons: On the Passion, On the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and On the Nativity of John the Baptist. Totting wrote each of them at a different point in his career, for a different audience and in a different style. They contribute to our knowledge about late medieval devotion and illustrate the transformation of late medieval intellectual life in Central Europe.

This eBook can be cited

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Details

Pages
193
Publication Year
2016
ISBN (ePUB)
9783631694398
ISBN (MOBI)
9783631694404
ISBN (PDF)
9783653061383
ISBN (Softcover)
9783631669938
DOI
10.3726/978-3-653-06138-3
Language
English
Publication date
2016 (October)
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2016. 193 pp.

Biographical notes

Jan Odstrčilík (Author) Riccardo Burgazzi (Author) Francesca Battista (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.

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