On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Cormack, Margaret Jean
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I would also be very interested in the "usual length" of sermons, and or readings from
saints' lives which might perhaps fill the same niche as a sermon. There are a few estimates
for Iceland based on translated saints' lives (and in Iceland the vernacular, not Latin, was the default
language).
In connection with Bernard's "overwhelming sanctity", we should not underestimate charisma.
I once invited a guest lecturer to my institution who carried on, to a spellbound audience, for two
hours. Normally my students start sneaking out after the 45 minutes required by an extra credit
assignment, but not this time - they were rivited. The lecture was in their native language, but
it was very unorganized (the speaker never did state his conclusion) and while they all agreed
it was one of the most fantastic experiences they had had at college, they could not tell me
in more than the most general way what it was about. ("Our Lady of Guadalupe." "What about her?" "Uhhh . . . ."
Meg
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Subject: [M-R] vernacular preaching
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
In relation to St Bernard's preaching mission in Germany, I just came across the following: "Although the crowds could not understand the abbot's French, they were moved to tears by his overpowering sanctity. When, however, a Benedictine monk skillfully translated the sermon into German, the words lost their original force." It seems remarkable that the crowd would attend a whole sermon in a foreign language. This leads me to wonder how long a medieval sermon usually was. Is there a "usual length"?
Jim
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