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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Thank you so much, Paul, for writing. The three texts you suggested are, indeed, helpful! On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Paul Chandler < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > I'm not sure if any of these touch directly on the Litany, but they should > be worth checking for general background and further bibliography: > > Caroline Walker Bynum, "The Blood of Christ in the Later Middle Ages", > Church History 71 (2002): 685-714. > > Caroline Walker Bynum, Wonderful Blood : Theology and Practice in Late > Medieval Northern Germany and Beyond (2007). > > Nicholas Vincent, The Holy Blood : King Henry III and the Westminster > Blood Relic (2001). > > -- Paul > > > > > On 9 August 2015 at 02:05, Joel <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >> >> Dear List, >> >> I thought I would consult the considerable collective intellect and >> bibliographic expertise of the List to ask if anyone had any leads on the >> history of the Litany of the Most Precious Blood, which was officially >> sanctioned only in 1960, by John XXIII, but appears to have a history >> dating back to the 13thC (according to one source). The late apologist and >> Physics professor Stanley Jaki, OSB, seems to have written a history of the >> litany, which a blog post of his from 2009 claims he will include in the >> introduction to his commentary on each of the 24 invocations. I can't seem >> to find at any library a copy of Jaki's book (published by Realview Books, >> a press Jaki started), and I'd rather not purchase a copy sight unseen. >> >> Can anyone point me in the right direction to historical material, >> primary source texts, or even secondary texts that might help me construct >> a history for the Litany? Even historical background on the devotion to >> the Most Precious Blood and the medieval cult of Christ's blood would be >> appreciated! >> >> Best, >> Joel >> -- >> Jose (Joel) Nebres >> Ph. D Candidate >> University of Connecticut (Storrs) >> *http://english.uconn.edu/jose-nebres/ >> <http://english.uconn.edu/jose-nebres/>* >> >> ********************************************************************** To >> join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: >> [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: >> [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: >> unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to >> report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >> [log in to unmask] For further information, visit >> our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion > > > > > -- > Paul Chandler, O.Carm. > Holy Spirit Seminary | PO Box 18 (487 Earnshaw Road) | Banyo Qld 4014 > | Australia > office: (07) 3246 9888 | home: (07) 3246 9894 > [log in to unmask] > ********************************************************************** To > join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: > [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: > unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to > report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] For further information, visit > our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion > -- Jose (Joel) Nebres Ph. D Candidate University of Connecticut (Storrs) *http://english.uconn.edu/jose-nebres/ <http://english.uconn.edu/jose-nebres/>* ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion