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Dear Meg,
In regard to the angle of charisma and preaching, you could take a peek at the articles in:
*Charisma and Religious Authority. Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Preaching, 1200-1500*. Ed. Katherine L. Jansen and Miri Rubin. Europa Sacra, 4. Turnhout: Brepols, 2011. 260 pages. ISBN 978-2-503-52859-5
http://brepols.metapress.com/content/tv1420/
Best wishes, George
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George FERZOCO
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On 22 Jul 2012, at 12:48, Cormack, Margaret Jean wrote:
> I would also be very interested in the "usual length" of sermons, and or readings from
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> saints' lives which might perhaps fill the same niche as a sermon. There are a few estimates
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> for Iceland based on translated saints' lives (and in Iceland the vernacular, not Latin, was the default
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> language).
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> In connection with Bernard's "overwhelming sanctity", we should not underestimate charisma.
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> I once invited a guest lecturer to my institution who carried on, to a spellbound audience, for two
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> hours. Normally my students start sneaking out after the 45 minutes required by an extra credit
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> assignment, but not this time - they were rivited. The lecture was in their native language, but
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> it was very unorganized (the speaker never did state his conclusion) and while they all agreed
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> it was one of the most fantastic experiences they had had at college, they could not tell me
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> in more than the most general way what it was about. ("Our Lady of Guadalupe." "What about her?" "Uhhh . . . ."
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> Meg
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> From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of James Bugslag [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 5:17 PM
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> Subject: [M-R] vernacular preaching
> 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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