Author: | Riccardo Burgazzi, Francesca Battista, Jan Odstrcilík | ISBN: | 9783631694398 |
Publisher: | Peter Lang | Publication: | October 12, 2016 |
Imprint: | Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften | Language: | English |
Author: | Riccardo Burgazzi, Francesca Battista, Jan Odstrcilík |
ISBN: | 9783631694398 |
Publisher: | Peter Lang |
Publication: | October 12, 2016 |
Imprint: | Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften |
Language: | English |
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.
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.