Although the Middle English texts broadly categorized as 'devotional literature' have received considerable scholarly attention in recent years, much work remai

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What does it mean to contemplate? In the Middle Ages, more than merely thinking with intensity, it was a religious practice entailing utter receptiveness to the

Essays exploring the great religious and devotional works of the Middle Ages in their manuscript and other contexts.

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