medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Thank you, Cate! I looked up a few reviews of the book and requested it through our inter-library loan. Best, J On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Cate Gunn <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Bettina Bildhauer wrote a book on ‘Medieval Blood’ published by University > of Wales/University of Chicago presses in 2006; I have no idea of its > relevance to your study, but it may provide some background. > Cate > > Cate Gunn > [log in to unmask] > > > > On 10 Aug 2015, at 16:37, Joel <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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 > > > ********************************************************************** 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. 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