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Pore Caitif. A Modern English Translation, with Introductory Essays and Notes
, Brepols, 2024 Paperback, 173 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Language: English. ISBN 9782503613741.
Summary The Pore Caitif is a popular, late-fourteenth-century, carefully crafted compilation of biblical, catechetical, devotional and mystical material drawing on patristic and medieval sources, in Middle English, consisting of a Prologue and a variable number of sections of differing lengths according to each manuscript, assembled probably by a clerical writer for an increasing literate lay readership/audience.The Prologue sets out the reason for writing and its overall structure as an integrated ladder leading the reader to heaven. The text begins with basic catechetical instruction modelled on John Peckham's Lambeth Constitutions of 1281 before continuing with more affective material, meditating, for example, on the Passion, and concludes with a treatise on virginity, leading the reader from an active to a contemplative way of life. The Pore Caitif was written about the time the Lollards were starting to propagate their programme of universal vernacular education. The writer believes in the need to educate his readers in the truths necessary for salvation without necessarily subscribing to Lollard positions. Although referred to in a number of secondary articles and books, and serving as the focus of three doctoral dissertations, an edition of the work was not published until 2019. Penkett's publication is the first Modern English translation based on the 2019 publication and is in a readily accessible format for the modern reader, accompanied by a series of ground-breaking essays. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Introduction Chapter 1. The Pore Caitif and its Historical Context Chapter 2. The Pore Caitif and its Literary Contexts Chapter 3. The Poor Caitif Himself Chapter 4. The Structure of the Pore Caitif Chapter 5. The Pore Caitif and its Readers Chapter 6. This Translation Translation Prologue [Creed] Ten Commandments Peter Noster Christ's Counsel Of Virtuous Patience Of Temptation The Charter of Heaven [The] Horse or Armour of Heaven Love of Jesus Desire of Jesus Of Meekness The Effect of Will Active Life and Contemplative Life [Mirror of Chastity] Bibliography General Index Index of Scriptural References
