The Pater Noster and the laity in england c.700 - 1560 with special focus on the clergy’s use of the prayer to structure basic catechetical teaching

Gottschall, Anna Edith (2016). The Pater Noster and the laity in england c.700 - 1560 with special focus on the clergy’s use of the prayer to structure basic catechetical teaching. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

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Abstract

At present no scholar has provided an in-depth study into the dissemination of the Pater Noster outside the clerical sphere. This thesis provides a detailed consideration of the ways in which the Pater Noster was taught to the laity in medieval England. It explores the central position of the prayer in the lay curriculum, the constitutions which played a fundamental role in its teaching, and the methods by which it was disseminated. Clerical expositions of the prayer and its tabular and diagrammatic representations are examined to consider the material available to assist the clergy in their pedagogical role. The ways in which material associated with the Pater Noster was modified and delivered to a lay audience provides an important component in the holistic approach of this thesis. The thesis itself proposes that the prayer was widely known and recited, drawing on a variety of mediums in which it was presented to the laity. These include sermon material, which would have been delivered in the vernacular; the recitation of Paternosters, an earlier version of the conventional rosary; the performance of the Pater Noster plays in the northern locations of York, Beverley and Lincoln; and representations of the prayer in wall paintings.

Type of Work: Thesis (Doctorates > Ph.D.)
Award Type: Doctorates > Ph.D.
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Supervisor(s)EmailORCID
Scase, WendyUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
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College/Faculty: Colleges (2008 onwards) > College of Arts & Law
School or Department: School of English, Drama and American & Canadian Studies
Funders: None/not applicable
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0441 Literary History
URI: http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/6535

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