Reform – After Empire

Liturgical innovation in tenth-century hagiography

September 11, 2018Lenneke van RaaijResearch BlogChant, Hagiography, Liturgy, Mass, Miracles, Music, Office, Reform, Relics, Trier

In the Carolingian period, many attempts were made to consolidate the practice of liturgy in order to prevent Mass and the offices from being celebrated incorrectly: the Admonitio Generalis and the bulk of liturgical commentaries testify to this. Nevertheless, variety and innovation remained the norm through the ninth and tenth centuries, and manuscript material from…

Liturgy and authority in the post-Carolingian world

The characterisation of the tenth century as a dark age for historical written sources has deep roots. But the liturgy constitutes one area where manuscripts survive in increasing quantities from the years 900 to 1050 compared to those copied in the previous century and a half. Moreover, such records exist for communities for which we…

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Using and Not Using the Past in the Crisis of the Carolingian World, c. 900-1050

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Liturgical innovation in tenth-century hagiography

Liturgy and authority in the post-Carolingian world