J. R. Watson (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198269731
- eISBN:
- 9780191600791
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198269730.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Literature
Contains 31 hymns, from Keble's translation from the Greek, ‘Hail, gladdening light’, to the Reformation, through the great age of Latin hymnody and into the monastic period, and including two Celtic ...
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Contains 31 hymns, from Keble's translation from the Greek, ‘Hail, gladdening light’, to the Reformation, through the great age of Latin hymnody and into the monastic period, and including two Celtic hymns. It includes some of the great translations by John Mason Neale, such as ‘Jerusalem the golden’, and the great Irish hymn, ‘St Patrick's Breastplate’.Less
Contains 31 hymns, from Keble's translation from the Greek, ‘Hail, gladdening light’, to the Reformation, through the great age of Latin hymnody and into the monastic period, and including two Celtic hymns. It includes some of the great translations by John Mason Neale, such as ‘Jerusalem the golden’, and the great Irish hymn, ‘St Patrick's Breastplate’.
LEON LITVACK
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198263517
- eISBN:
- 9780191682582
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198263517.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
This chapter examines Neale’s translations of several hymns. By the time hymns of the Eastern Church appeared, he had secured a reputation as a gifted translator of Latin hymns. He had developed an ...
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This chapter examines Neale’s translations of several hymns. By the time hymns of the Eastern Church appeared, he had secured a reputation as a gifted translator of Latin hymns. He had developed an elaborate theory expounded in the Christian Remembrancer for October 1849. It suggested that in modern languages, a translation, particularly from Latin, will fail to convey a true idea of the original unless it adopts the same species of verse. This was the general principle followed in The Hymnal Noted for which Neale composed most of his hymns.Less
This chapter examines Neale’s translations of several hymns. By the time hymns of the Eastern Church appeared, he had secured a reputation as a gifted translator of Latin hymns. He had developed an elaborate theory expounded in the Christian Remembrancer for October 1849. It suggested that in modern languages, a translation, particularly from Latin, will fail to convey a true idea of the original unless it adopts the same species of verse. This was the general principle followed in The Hymnal Noted for which Neale composed most of his hymns.
Michael C. J. Putnam
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300083330
- eISBN:
- 9780300130454
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300083330.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, Poetry
This is the first book devoted to Horace's Carmen Saeculare, a poem commissioned by Roman emperor Augustus in 17 bce for choral performance at the Ludi Saeculares, the Secular Games. The poem is the ...
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This is the first book devoted to Horace's Carmen Saeculare, a poem commissioned by Roman emperor Augustus in 17 bce for choral performance at the Ludi Saeculares, the Secular Games. The poem is the first fully preserved Latin hymn whose circumstances of presentation are known, and it is the only lyric of Horace we can be certain was first presented orally. The book offers a close and sensitive reading of this hymn, shedding new light on the richness and virtuosity of its poetry, on the many sources Horace drew on, and on the poem's power and significance as a public ritual. A rich and compelling work, this poem is a masterpiece, and it represents a crucial link in the development of Rome's outstanding lyric poet.Less
This is the first book devoted to Horace's Carmen Saeculare, a poem commissioned by Roman emperor Augustus in 17 bce for choral performance at the Ludi Saeculares, the Secular Games. The poem is the first fully preserved Latin hymn whose circumstances of presentation are known, and it is the only lyric of Horace we can be certain was first presented orally. The book offers a close and sensitive reading of this hymn, shedding new light on the richness and virtuosity of its poetry, on the many sources Horace drew on, and on the poem's power and significance as a public ritual. A rich and compelling work, this poem is a masterpiece, and it represents a crucial link in the development of Rome's outstanding lyric poet.
Matthew Bryan Gillis
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- March 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198797586
- eISBN:
- 9780191839153
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198797586.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, European Medieval History, History of Religion
This chapter reconstructs Gottschalk’s priestly career, when he preached a controversial, Augustinian-based theology of predestination in Italy and as a missionary in southeastern Europe in the late ...
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This chapter reconstructs Gottschalk’s priestly career, when he preached a controversial, Augustinian-based theology of predestination in Italy and as a missionary in southeastern Europe in the late 830s and 840s. Deciphering the limited and often obscure evidence (including Gottschalk’s own later writings), the investigation here seeks to uncover his theology of twin predestination at this time and his frequently aggressive and subversive strategies for propagating it among Christians—including bishops—and non-Christians alike. This was an era of political conflict and spiritual uncertainty in the Carolingian Empire, and Gottschalk’s goal was to separate the elect from the reprobate at this critical moment. The chapter also examines Hrabanus Maurus’s writings on predestination and his denunciations of Gottschalk as a heretic. The chapter concludes with an analysis of Gottschalk’s condemnation for heresy at the Synod of Mainz (848), where Hrabanus—then Archbishop of Mainz—oversaw his conviction and punishment.Less
This chapter reconstructs Gottschalk’s priestly career, when he preached a controversial, Augustinian-based theology of predestination in Italy and as a missionary in southeastern Europe in the late 830s and 840s. Deciphering the limited and often obscure evidence (including Gottschalk’s own later writings), the investigation here seeks to uncover his theology of twin predestination at this time and his frequently aggressive and subversive strategies for propagating it among Christians—including bishops—and non-Christians alike. This was an era of political conflict and spiritual uncertainty in the Carolingian Empire, and Gottschalk’s goal was to separate the elect from the reprobate at this critical moment. The chapter also examines Hrabanus Maurus’s writings on predestination and his denunciations of Gottschalk as a heretic. The chapter concludes with an analysis of Gottschalk’s condemnation for heresy at the Synod of Mainz (848), where Hrabanus—then Archbishop of Mainz—oversaw his conviction and punishment.
Matthew Bryan Gillis
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- March 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198797586
- eISBN:
- 9780191839153
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198797586.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, European Medieval History, History of Religion
Gottschalk’s attempts to develop his clerical career in the early 830s were linked to the support of a powerful patron: Archbishop Ebbo of Rheims. Gottschalk, however, was quickly embroiled in the ...
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Gottschalk’s attempts to develop his clerical career in the early 830s were linked to the support of a powerful patron: Archbishop Ebbo of Rheims. Gottschalk, however, was quickly embroiled in the so-called Loyal Rebellion against Emperor Louis the Pious in 831, for which Archbishop Ebbo had Gottschalk forcibly tonsured. These circumstances led Gottschalk to compose his first surviving writings, which cast him as God’s loyal, but suffering servant in need of assistance. The chapter explores how Gottschalk used this self-representation in a verse letter to Archbishop Ebbo to protest his innocence in the rebellion and to recover the archbishop’s favor. Central to the investigation here is an examination of Gottschalk’s biblical and patristic literary allusions, which were meant to provide a hidden message to readers of his letter: an admonishment of unjust judges clearly meant to make Archbishop Ebbo reconsider Gottschalk’s condemnation and incarceration.Less
Gottschalk’s attempts to develop his clerical career in the early 830s were linked to the support of a powerful patron: Archbishop Ebbo of Rheims. Gottschalk, however, was quickly embroiled in the so-called Loyal Rebellion against Emperor Louis the Pious in 831, for which Archbishop Ebbo had Gottschalk forcibly tonsured. These circumstances led Gottschalk to compose his first surviving writings, which cast him as God’s loyal, but suffering servant in need of assistance. The chapter explores how Gottschalk used this self-representation in a verse letter to Archbishop Ebbo to protest his innocence in the rebellion and to recover the archbishop’s favor. Central to the investigation here is an examination of Gottschalk’s biblical and patristic literary allusions, which were meant to provide a hidden message to readers of his letter: an admonishment of unjust judges clearly meant to make Archbishop Ebbo reconsider Gottschalk’s condemnation and incarceration.
Matthew Bryan Gillis
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- March 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198797586
- eISBN:
- 9780191839153
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198797586.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, European Medieval History, History of Religion
In the first years following the Synod of Quierzy, 849, Gottschalk won the support of monks within his prison at Hautvillers, enabling him—through pamphlets smuggled from his cell—to encourage ...
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In the first years following the Synod of Quierzy, 849, Gottschalk won the support of monks within his prison at Hautvillers, enabling him—through pamphlets smuggled from his cell—to encourage readers to preach and confess his doctrine of twin predestination. In this way, he continued to work to separate the elect from the reprobate in the realm. Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims responded with his own treatise, condemning Gottschalk as a diabolical servant in pious disguise, and the doctrinal debate soon widened as other theologians offered their own interpretations of predestination. In 851, the rulers of the three Frankish kingdoms confirmed Gottschalk’s condemnation, agreeing to prevent troublemakers from disturbing the peace. In response, Gottschalk composed his most famous hymn, Ut quid iubes, casting himself as an exile in a land of error like the Israelites during the Babylonian Captivity.Less
In the first years following the Synod of Quierzy, 849, Gottschalk won the support of monks within his prison at Hautvillers, enabling him—through pamphlets smuggled from his cell—to encourage readers to preach and confess his doctrine of twin predestination. In this way, he continued to work to separate the elect from the reprobate in the realm. Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims responded with his own treatise, condemning Gottschalk as a diabolical servant in pious disguise, and the doctrinal debate soon widened as other theologians offered their own interpretations of predestination. In 851, the rulers of the three Frankish kingdoms confirmed Gottschalk’s condemnation, agreeing to prevent troublemakers from disturbing the peace. In response, Gottschalk composed his most famous hymn, Ut quid iubes, casting himself as an exile in a land of error like the Israelites during the Babylonian Captivity.
