EUR €139.20EUR €116.00 excl. VAT
The Sermons, Manuscripts, and Language of Roberto Caracciolo da Lecce
Series: - The Medieval Franciscans, Volume: 24
The book offers studies on different aspects of the life, activity, and written works of Roberto da Lecce, one of the most famous preachers of fifteenth-century Italy. His preaching cycles in Italian cities were attended by huge crowds and are representative for the activity of many other less-known confreres and, in the meantime, exceptional for their number and success. His sermons were read and re-used throughout Europe, contributing to shaping the shared religious culture. The nine authors of this book have addressed this polyhedric figure from ten different perspectives.
Contributors are Yoko Kimura, Salvatore Leaci, Andrea Radošević, Cecilia Rado, Carolyn Muessig, Giacomo Mariani, Marco Maggiore, Lyn Blanchfield, and Steven J McMichael.
Contributors are Yoko Kimura, Salvatore Leaci, Andrea Radošević, Cecilia Rado, Carolyn Muessig, Giacomo Mariani, Marco Maggiore, Lyn Blanchfield, and Steven J McMichael.
Giacomo Mariani, Ph.D. (2019), is a historian interested in late medieval and early modern Italy. He has published the book Roberto Caracciolo da Lecce (1425-1495). Life, Works, and Fame of a Renaissance Preacher (Brill, 2022).
Steven J. McMichael, OFM Conv., is an Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Saint Thomas (Saint Paul, Minnesota). He has recently published Mary Magdalene in the Medieval Franciscan Spirituality: Beloved Disciple and Apostle of the Apostles (Franciscan Institute Publications, 2022).
Steven J. McMichael, OFM Conv., is an Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Saint Thomas (Saint Paul, Minnesota). He has recently published Mary Magdalene in the Medieval Franciscan Spirituality: Beloved Disciple and Apostle of the Apostles (Franciscan Institute Publications, 2022).
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
1 Roberto Caracciolo’s Sermon on the Miracle of the Stigmatization of Francis of Assisi
Carolyn Muessig
2 Mary Magdalene in the Sermons of Bernardino da Siena and Roberto da Lecce
Steven J. McMichael
3 Can a Sinner be Absolved More Than Once? Roberto da Lecce, Critic of Niccolò da Osimo’s Quadriga spirituale
Giacomo Mariani
4 Social Control Strategies of the Fifteenth Century Franciscans and their Role Models for Each “Civis Fidelis”
Salvatore Leaci
5 Roberto Caracciolo of Lecce and a Semi-Dramatic Fifteenth-Century Sermon
Lyn A. Blanchfield
6 Friar Roberto Caracciolo da Lecce and His Anti-Ottoman Preaching
Salvatore Leaci
7 Observations on the Language of Roberto da Lecce
Marco Maggiore
8 Roberto Caracciolo’s Quaresimale volgare in Croatian Lands
Andrea Radošević
9 Hungarian Draft-Sermons on the Pages of a Volume by Roberto Caracciolo
Cecilia Radò
10 The Use of Roberto Caracciolo da Lecce’s Sermons in Late Medieval Manuscripts
Yoko Kimura
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
PART 1: Topics from Roberto da Lecce in the Context of Late Medieval Preaching
1 Roberto Caracciolo’s Sermon on the Miracle of the Stigmatization of Francis of Assisi
Carolyn Muessig
2 Mary Magdalene in the Sermons of Bernardino da Siena and Roberto da Lecce
Steven J. McMichael
3 Can a Sinner be Absolved More Than Once? Roberto da Lecce, Critic of Niccolò da Osimo’s Quadriga spirituale
Giacomo Mariani
4 Social Control Strategies of the Fifteenth Century Franciscans and their Role Models for Each “Civis Fidelis”
Salvatore Leaci
PART 2: Roberto da Lecce and his Sermons
5 Roberto Caracciolo of Lecce and a Semi-Dramatic Fifteenth-Century Sermon
Lyn A. Blanchfield
6 Friar Roberto Caracciolo da Lecce and His Anti-Ottoman Preaching
Salvatore Leaci
7 Observations on the Language of Roberto da Lecce
Marco Maggiore
PART 3: The Re-use of Roberto da Lecce’s Collections
8 Roberto Caracciolo’s Quaresimale volgare in Croatian Lands
Andrea Radošević
9 Hungarian Draft-Sermons on the Pages of a Volume by Roberto Caracciolo
Cecilia Radò
10 The Use of Roberto Caracciolo da Lecce’s Sermons in Late Medieval Manuscripts
Yoko Kimura
Bibliography
Index
The book is intended to be read by those interested in late medieval Franciscan spirituality in general, but also by students of medieval preaching and sermon studies, manuscript, and book production.