A Companion to the English Dominican Province: From Its Beginnings to the Reformation

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An account of Dominican activities in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales from their arrival in 1221 until their dissolution at the Reformation Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Contents Abbreviations List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Chapter 1 The English Dominican Province from Its Beginnings to the Reformation: An Introduction 1 A Brief History of the English Province 2 The Establishment of an Irish Province 3 Differences with the Continent 4 Dominican Activities in the English Province 5 The Challenge of Protestantism 6 Surviving Primary Material 7 A Historiography of the English Province 8 An Overview of the Present Volume 9 Medieval Dominican Houses in the English, Scottish, and Irish Provinces Bibliography Part 1 Space and Place Chapter 2 Dominicans in England and Their Relations with the Crown Bibliography Chapter 3 Dominican Friaries in the Medieval Landscapes of Britain and Ireland: A Comparative Study 1 Process of Foundation and Installation 2 Position of the Site and Impact on the Landscape 3 Planning and Construction of the Friaries 4 The Cloister and Domestic Buildings 5 Dominican Churches: Structural and Architectural Developments 6 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 4 The Dominicans in Scotland, 1230–1560 Bibliography Chapter 5 The Dominicans in Wales 1 The Context: Wales in the Middle Ages* 1.1 The Political Situation 1.2 The Religious Context 1.3 The Urban Background 2 The Dominican Priories: Foundation and Location 2.1 Foundations 2.2 Dominican Personnel and Numbers 2.3 The Welsh Houses and the Dominican Order 3 Preaching and Politics 3.1 Preaching 3.2 Politics: Welsh Lords and English Kings 3.3 Dominican Bishops in Wales 4 Bequests and Burials 5 Dissolution and Fate 6 Conclusion Bibliography Part 2 Preaching and Pastoral Care Chapter 6 Master Jordan of Saxony and Early Dominican Preaching in England (1229–1230) 1 Friends in High Places 2 Jordan in England 3 The Sermons 4 Martinmas 5 Pastoral Themes 6 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 7 Pastoral Care: Dominican Friars as Confessors and Catechists in 13th-Century England 1 Introduction 2 Reformers in the English Episcopate 3 Sources 4 Dominicans and Secular Clergy 5 Dominicans Hearing Confessions 6 Friars as Catechists 7 Conclusions Bibliography Part 3 Education and Intellectual Life Chapter 8 The Educational Landscape of the English Dominican Province Bibliography Chapter 9 The English Dominican Intellectual Tradition 1 Introduction 2 The Formative Years 2.1 Robert Bacon 3 Richard Fishacre at Oxford 4 Richard Fishacre on the Nature of Theology through the Lens of Curriculum Debates 5 Richard Fishacre on the Will and Truth 6 Robert Kilwardby on Philosophy and Theology 7 Kilwardby on Hating the Truth 8 Thomas Aquinas and His English Readers 8.1 Robert Kilwardby and the Oxford Condemnations of 1277 9 The Early English Thomistic School 10 Thomas Sutton on Theology 11 Moral Theology, Obligational Method, and 14th-Century Dominicans 12 Moral Theology in Nicholas Trevet and Robert Holcot 13 Robert Holcot’s Obligational Theology 14 Conclusion Bibliography Part 4 Devotional Cultures Chapter 10 “Do It Well and Thoroughly, for It Will Be Shown to Important People”: Art in the English Dominican Province, ca.1221–ca.1540 1 “Crochetes” and “Knottes of Golde” 2 The Dominicans’ Attitudes to Art 3 Accounts of Dominican Art 4 Dominican Art and Self-Figuration 5 Dominican Books: Visual Preaching? 6 John Siferwas 7 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 11 Dominican Chant and Liturgical Practices in the English Province 1 An English Dominican Chant Book: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawl. Liturg. g. 13 2 Similarities between English and Dominican Office Responsories 3 Concluding Thoughts Bibliography Chapter 12 The Liturgical Manuscripts of the English Dominicans, ca.1250–ca.1530 Appendix i: Brief Descriptions of Text Contents of the Manuscripts 1 Blackburn, City Museum and Art Gallery, 1978.69 2 Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 3- 1967 (Previously Oxford, Blackfriars) 3 Cambridge, University Library, Add. 2770 4 Cambridge, University Library, Ll.2.9 5 Claremont Colleges, Honnold Library, Crispin 1 6 Helsinki, National Library of Finland, C iv 10 7 London, bl, Arundel 220 8 London, bl, Arundel 303 9 London, bl, Harley 2356 10 London bl, Royal 2 A.xi 11 London, Society of Antiquaries 717 12 Oxford, Bodleian Library, Auct. D.5.9 13 Oxford, Bodleian Library, Lat. Bibl. d. 9 14 Oxford, Bodleian Library, Lat. Bibl. e. 7 15 Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawl. G. 23 16 Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawl. Liturg. g. 13 17 Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 163 18 Taunton, Somerset County Record Office, dd/ sasc/ 1193/ 68 (Formerly Taunton, Castle Museum 2) 19 Washington, Museum of the Bible, 000761 (Formerly Astor Collection A.1) 20 Worcester, Cathedral Library, Q.107 Appendix ii: Dominican Offices of the bvm and of the Dead Bibliography Manuscripts Index General Index