{"product_id":"the-boke-of-gostely-grace-nao-kukita-yoshikawa-9781835537466","title":"The Boke of Gostely Grace: The Middle English Translation: A Critical Edition from Oxford, MS Bodley 220","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boke of Gostely Grace\u003c\/i\u003e is the anonymous Middle English version of the \u003ci\u003eLiber specialis gratiae\u003c\/i\u003e by the German visionary Mechthild of Hackeborn (1241-1298). The original \u003ci\u003eLiber\u003c\/i\u003e, compiled at the convent of Helfta in Saxony, presents Mechthild's visions as she experienced them in the liturgy of the Christian year. Her famous visions of the Sacred Heart follow, along with instructions on the religious life in community and her visions of the afterlife. The Middle English version adapts the text to a new fifteenth-century audience, probably a Birgittine community such as the newly founded Syon Abbey on the Thames near London; it emphasises imagery of the dance of the liturgy, the vineyard and the Sacred Heart in new and vivid terms, while other aspects, such as the bridal imagery, are played down. Within a generation, the English text had become popular among the nobility, and stimulated lay piety and private prayer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile scholars have traced the influence and reception of many continental European women writers, Mechthild's revelations have often escaped their attention, through the lack of suitable editions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis edition of Bodley 220, the manuscript written in the London area, includes introduction, commentary and glossary, and breaks new ground in the study of late medieval vernacular translation and women's literary culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nao? Kukita Yoshikawa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1835537464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781835537466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.32d","brand":"Nao? Kukita Yoshikawa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46795483971839,"sku":"9781835537466","price":64.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46e63979-0ea9-4997-9f0b-f28b5cdef161.jpg?v=1744947746","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-boke-of-gostely-grace-nao-kukita-yoshikawa-9781835537466","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}