Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Liturgy Throughout the Ages
- 1 Liturgy in Early Christianity
- 2 Liturgy in the Middle Ages
- 3 Liturgies and the Reformation
- 4 Liturgies Beyond the Reformation
- 5 Liturgy in Eastern Christianity
- 6 The Liturgical Movement
- Part II The Celebration of the Liturgy
- Part III Liturgy and the Arts
- Part IV Liturgy and the Life of the Churches
- Part V The Study of Liturgy
- Bibliography
- Names Index
- Concepts and Places Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion ()
- References
2 - Liturgy in the Middle Ages
from Part I - Liturgy Throughout the Ages
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 September 2025
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Liturgy Throughout the Ages
- 1 Liturgy in Early Christianity
- 2 Liturgy in the Middle Ages
- 3 Liturgies and the Reformation
- 4 Liturgies Beyond the Reformation
- 5 Liturgy in Eastern Christianity
- 6 The Liturgical Movement
- Part II The Celebration of the Liturgy
- Part III Liturgy and the Arts
- Part IV Liturgy and the Life of the Churches
- Part V The Study of Liturgy
- Bibliography
- Names Index
- Concepts and Places Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion ()
- References
Summary
Joris Geldhof covers important elements of the liturgy’s evolution in the European Middle Ages, arguing that this concept itself is misleading with respect to what really happened. Both the liturgical rites and their theological and spiritual interpretations went through fascinating developments.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy , pp. 24 - 41Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
References
For Further Reading
Angenendt, Arnold, “Liturgie im Frühmittelalter,” 273–92; Klöckener, Martin, “Liturgische Quellen des Frühmittelalters,” 293–328; Jürgen Bärsch, “Liturgie im Hoch- und Spätmittelalter,” 329–76, in Geschichte der Liturgie in den Kirchen des Westens: Rituelle Entwicklungen, theologische Konzepte und kulturelle Kontexte, vol. 1, ed. Bärsch, Jürgen and Kranemann, Benedikt (Münster: Aschendorff, 2018).Google Scholar
Bricout, Hélène, and Klöckener, Martin (dir.), Liturgie, pensée théologique et mentalités religieuses au haut Moyen Âge: Le témoignage des sources liturgiques, LQF 106 (Münster: Aschendorff, 2016).Google Scholar
Gittos, Helen, and Hamilton, Sarah (eds.), Understanding Medieval Liturgy: Essays in Interpretation (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2016).Google Scholar
Harper, John, The Forms and Orders of the Western Liturgy from the Tenth to the Eighteenth Century: A Historical Introduction and Guide for Students and Musicians (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991), esp. part II.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Irving, Andrew J. M., and Buchinger, Harald (eds.), On the Typology of Liturgical Books from the Western Middle Ages. Zur Typologie liturgischer Bücher des westlichen Mittelalters, LQF 115 (Münster: Aschendorff, 2023).Google Scholar
Irving, Andrew J. M., and DiCenso, Daniel (eds.), Medieval Latin Liturgy: A Research Guide (Leiden: Brill, forthcoming).Google Scholar
Larson-Miller, Lizette (ed.), Medieval Liturgy: A Book of Essays (New York: Garland Publishing, 1997).Google Scholar
Levy, Ian Christopher, Macy, Gary, and Van Ausdall, Kristen (eds.), A Companion to the Eucharist in the Middle Ages (Leiden: Brill, 2012).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Monti, James, A Sense of the Sacred: Roman Catholic Worship in the Middle Ages (San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 2012).Google Scholar
Thibodeau, Timothy, “Western Christendom,” in The Oxford History of Christian Worship, ed. Wainwright, Geoffrey and Westerfield-Tucker, Karen B. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), 216–53.Google Scholar
Vogel, Cyril, Medieval Liturgy: An Introduction to the Sources, trans. Storey, William G. and Rasmussen, Niels Krog (Washington, DC: The Pastoral Press, 1986).Google Scholar
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