medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
In David L. Jeffrey, The Early English Lyric and Franciscan Spirituality
(University of Nebraska Press, 1975), it is suggested that preachers used
poetry in their sermons to inspire *compunctio*, and that the Roods provided
a ready focus for this, cf. ibid. p. 184 "Sirs, beholde before you the
figure of oure redemptour Ihesu Christ, as he honge in the crosse..."
"...starke weren his armes/i-streht upon the rode;/on fif stedes on his
body/the stremes ran on blode".
This was certainly the case in medieval Wales, where there was a literary
tradition, which lasted for over 200 years until the reformation, of poets
describing the Roods (often in some detail) and the blessings obtained from
them. Studies of popular devotion to Roods such as that at Chester or Brecon
show that they were the focus of important local pilgrimages.
Paul
M.P. Bryant-Quinn
Y Ganolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd /
Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies
Aberystwyth
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Subject: Re: [M-R] Rood Lofts in Parish Churches
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
rood lofts in england sometimes had organs, sometimes had
chapels/altars, and sometimes housed the parish chest. my guess is that
if they had chapels or altars they would have been included in the
processions.
as for choirs--i think i've seen references to children/boys as
choristers, but i can't quite place where i've seen it.
kit french
John Briggs wrote:
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>Do we actually know how rood lofts in Parish Churches were actually used?
I
>am thinking of churches in Britain, but evidence from other countries would
>be useful. I am not talking about the pulpitum in monastic or collegiate
>churches, which we know had liturgical functions, but was there actually
any
>use in a parish church other than dressing the rood, candles before the
rood
>or (occasionally) housing a rood altar?
>
>John Briggs
>
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