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Sound and Mysticism in Late Medieval England

Golygydd(ion) Tamás Karáth,Denis Renevey

Clawr Caled - £80.00

Iaith: Saesneg

Dosbarthiad(au): Medieval

Cyfres: Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages

  • Mai 2027 · 288 tudalen ·234x156mm

  • · Clawr Caled - 9781837724826
  • · eLyfr - pdf - 9781837724833
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This edited volume offers the first sustained exploration of sound, hearing and auditory experience in late medieval English mysticism. Drawing on the insights of historical sound studies and the growing interest in medieval voice-hearing, it investigates how mystics understood sounds both physical and immaterial, and how sonic experiences shaped contemplation, revelation, cognition and devotional practice. Through studies of major figures including St Francis of Assisi, Richard Rolle, the Cloud-author, Christina Mirabilis, Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, contributors examine the sonic dimensions of mystical texts, the role of imagined and unheard sounds in contemplative experience, and encounters with divine speech and heavenly melody. Their essays reveal how mystical writings reflected on the nature of sound, the workings of the ‘mind’s ear’, and the relationship between bodily and spiritual senses, together to illuminate an unmapped area of medieval culture and offer a fresh understanding of medieval physical and interior soundscapes.

Introduction
I. The mystical text as a sonic experience
1. Voice messages from medieval English mystics: Texts encapsulating sounds (Tamás Karáth)
2. Sonic enclosure and lapsed language in Julian of Norwich’s Revelations (Adin E. Lears)
3. Listening to mysticism: Hearing the Cloud as sound art (Rebecca Field)
II. Audi(a)tion in the contemplative experience
4. Filling the silence: Praising the Creator in the Life of Saint Francis of Assisi (Liam Lewis)
5. Remembering and the refrain in London, British Library, Additional MS 37049 (Tekla Bude)
6. ‘Ermonye’ in Orysons and Meditacions (Mireille Le Berre)
III. The sound of God: Heavenly melody and divine speech in female mysticism
7. Sonic bodily phenomena in the devotional and mystical performances of Christina Mirabilis (Denis Renevey)
8. Dalyawns with God: Perceptions of divine speech in The Book of Margery Kempe (Darragh Greene)
9. Julian of Norwich: Putting words in God’s mouth (Barry Windeatt)
Afterword. Re-menyng the archive: Sonic technique and medieval devotional experience (Andrew Albin)
Bibliography
List of Illustrations