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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]>
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> 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
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> On 10 Aug 2015, at 16:37, Joel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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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 <
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>> 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
>>
>>
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>> On 9 August 2015 at 02:05, Joel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>>> culture
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>>> 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
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>>> Jose (Joel) Nebres
>>> Ph. D Candidate
>>> University of Connecticut (Storrs)
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Jose (Joel) Nebres
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University of Connecticut (Storrs)
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