BRILL'S STUDIES IN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY General Editor A.J. VANDERJAGT, University of Groningen Editorial Board M. COLISH, Oberlin College J.I. ISRAEL, University College, London J.D. NORTH, University of Groningen H.A. OBERMAN, University of Arizona, Tucson R.H. POPKIN, Washington University, St. Louis-UCLA VOLUME 90 MEDIEVAL MONASTIC PREACHING EDITED BY CAROLYN MUESSIG y s BRILL LEIDEN · BOSTON · KÖLN 1998 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Medieval monastic preaching / edited by Carolyn Muessig. p. cm. — (Brill's studies in intellectual history, ISSN 0920-8607 ; v. 90) This volume is a selection of the findings presented at a conference held Apr. 2-5, 1997 at Downside Abbey, Stratton-on-the -Fosse, U.K. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 9004108831 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Preaching—History—Middle Ages, 600-1500—Congresses. 2. Monastic and religious life—History—Middle Ages, 600-1500- -Congresses. I. Muessig, Carolyn. II. Series. BV4207.M42 1998 251 '.0094Ό902—dc21 98-36284 CIP Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufhahme Medieval monastic preaching / ed. by Carolyn Muessig. - Leiden ; Boston ; Köln : Brill, 1998 (Brill's studies in intellectual history ; Vol. 90) ISBN 90-OM 0883-1 ISSN 0920-8607 ISBN 90 04 10883 1 © Copyright 1998 by Koninklijke Bnll NV, Leiden, The Netherlands All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without pnor wntten permission from the publisher. Authonzation to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Bnll provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910 Danvers MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS CONTENTS Preface ix Acknowledgments xi List of Contributors xiii Abbreviations xv PART ONE INTRODUCTION What is Medieval Monastic Preaching? An Introduction CAROLYN MUESSIG 3 PART TWO CARTHUSIAN PREACHING Why did Denys the Carthusian Write Sermones ad Saeculares? DENYS TURNER 19 "ShiningForth like the Damn": Jean Gerson's Sermon to the Carthusians BRIAN PATRICK MCGUIRE 37 Early Fifteenth-Century Chapterhouse Sermons at the Charterhouse of Mainz JAMES HOGG 53 PART THREE THE CURA MONIAUUM IN GERMANY AND ENGLAND Sermons for Nuns of the Dominican Observance Movement REGINA D. SCHIEWER 75 Preaching to Nuns in Late Medieval England V.M. O'MARA 93 VI CONTENTS PART FOUR PREACHING BY ITALIAN NUNS AND HERMITS Authority and Inspiration in the Vitae and Sermons of Humility of Faenza CATHERINE M. MOONEY 123 Preaching by Italian Hermits GEORGE FERZOCO 145 PART FIVE PREACHING BY AND AGAINST THE CATHARS Defending the Lord's Vineyard: Hildegard of Bingen's Preaching against the Cathars BEVERLY MAYNE KIENZLE 163 The Preaching of the Cathars JOHN ARNOLD 183 PART SIX PREACHING MONASTIC REFORM The Religious's Role in a Post-Fourth-Lateran World: Jacques de Vi try's Sermones ad Status and Historia Occidentalis JESSALYNN BIRD 209 Monastic Ideals and Episcopal Visitations: The Sermo ad Religiosos of Robert Grosseteste JAMES R. GINTHER 231 PART SEVEN BENEDICTINE PREACHING IN ENGLAND Benedictine Sermons: Preparation and Practice in the English Monastic Cathedral Cloisters JOAN GREATREX 257 Benedictines and Preaching the Pastoralia in Late Medieval England: A Preliminary Inquiry PATRICK J. HORNER 279 CONTENTS Vil PART EIGHT CISTERCIAN PREACHING Were the Sermons of St Bernard on the Song of Songs ever Preached? CHRISTOPHER HOLDSWORTH 295 Killing Time: An Essay on the Monastic Notion of Speed M.B. PRANGER 319 The Liturgical Dimension of Twelfth-Century Cistercian Preaching CHRYSOGONUS WADDELL 335 General Index 351