Download or read book Understanding Medieval Liturgy written by Sarah Hamilton and published by Lund Humphries Publishers. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on so-called occasional rituals such as burial, church consecration, exorcism and excommunication rather than on the Mass and Office, this book provides an introduction to current work and new directions in the study of medieval liturgy. Recent research on such rites challenges many established ideas, especially about the extent to which they differed from place to place and over time, and how the surviving evidence should be interpreted. Bringing together scholars working in different disciplines, periods and intellectual traditions, the collection demonstrates the potential that liturgical evidence offers for understanding the Middle Ages.