Abstract
A discussion of the problems and potential insights from reconstructing and modern re-enactments of medieval liturgical ceremonies. The author was a member of an International Research Group invited as discussants within a UK Research Council funded project "Experience of Worship in Late Medieval Cathedral and Parish Church" and in this article reflects theoretically on the practical re-enactment of medieval worship, historiographically as well as through modern theory of performativity.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Late Medieval Liturgies Enacted : The Experience of Worship in Cathedral and Parish Church |
| Editors | Sally Harper, P.S. Barnwell, Magnus Williamson |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Place of Publication | Farnham, Surrey, England |
| Publisher | Ashgate |
| Publication date | 2016 |
| Pages | 273-283 |
| Chapter | 17 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781472441379 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- Faculty of Humanities
- historiography
- performativity
- medieval music
- Faculty of Theology
- medieval liturgy
- church history