The wooing of our Lord and The Wooing Group prayers /

The Wooing of Our Lord occupies a seminal position in the history of English literature and the development of English religious devotion. Dating from the second quarter of the thirteenth century, it is one of a group of texts written in English at a time when the language of literature and the cour...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Innes-Parker, Catherine, 1956- (Translator, Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English English, Middle (1100-1500)
Language Notes:	Text in English with Middle English translation on facing pages.
Published:	Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, [2015]
Series:	Broadview editions.
Subjects:	Christian literature, English (Middle) Devotional literature, English (Middle) English prose literature > Middle English, 1100-1500. Women > Conduct of life > Early works to 1800. Women > Prayers and devotions. Monasticism and religious orders for women > Rules > Early works to 1800.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
A note on the texts editorial practice
Þe wohunge of ure lauerd = The wooing of our Lord
On god ureisun of ure lefdi = A good prayer to our Lady
On wel swuðe god ureisun of God almihti = A most excellent prayer to God Almighty
Þe oreisun of seinte Marie = A prayer to Saint Mary
On lofsong of ure louerde / A hymn to our Lord
Appendix A: Þe oreisun of seinte marie: the prayer to Saint Mary
Appendix B: Bono Oratio: a good prayer
Appendix C: Bonum Lectum: a good reading
Appendix D: The passion of our Lord, Jesus Christ: a vision of the passion
Appendix E: Hypothetical stemma codicae of the Wooing Group
Bibliography.