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Lester K. Little.
Benedictine Maledictions: Liturgical Cursing in Romanesque France.
Ithaca: Cornell U.P., 1993.
ISBN 0801428769;
ISBN-13: 9780801428760.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printed in the USA.
Size: 158x234x26mm.
Page count: xx,297pp.
Main language: English; an appendix gives some Latin texts without translation.
Overall condition fair to good: the dustjacket on this copy is a bit scuffed, not too badly, though a little rumpled at the edges and corners; boards slightly warped; shows some evidence of handling internally, and some pencilled marks in the margins on at least 70 pages.

This item £20.00
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Weight without packaging: 708g.

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Contents: Intro. — of Tristram Shandy & French monastic curses;
Part 1 Curses in texts: Formulas; Sources; Justifications;
Part 2 Curses in actions: Uses; Experts; Contexts; Conclusion — new contexts.
Appendices: Gathering clamors; Elusive evidence; Miscellany of curse formulas; Fulbert of Chartres as author of In spiritu humilitatis; Vestiges in Reformation & Counter-Reformation; Clamors & cursing formulas.

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: 1
Illustrations: 9, monochrome
Maps & plans: 3
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Indexes: Manuscripts; General.

See also | Liturgy | Monasticism |
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