Ritual memory : : the apocryphal Acts and liturgical commemoration in the early medieval West (c. 500-1215) / / by Els Rose.

• Superior document: Mittellateinische Studien und Texte, v. 40
• Author: Rose, E.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; Bd. 40.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (350 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Materials /; General Introduction /; Chapter One. The Apocryphal Acts And Liturgical Commemoration /; Chapter Two. Bartholomew: Apostle Against Idols /; Chapter Three. Philip And James: Brothers In Cult /; Chapter Four. Matthew: Sinner And Saint /; Chapter Five. Simon And Jude: Brothers In Martyrdom /; Chapter Six. Images Of The Apostles /; Chapter Seven. Epilogue /; Bibliography /; Subject Index /; Index Of Personal Names /; Index Of Biblical Passages /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-317) and indexes.
• ISBN: 1282400495; 9786612400490; 9047425030
• ISSN: 0076-9754
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Els Rose.

Ritual Memory brings together two areas of study which have hitherto rarely been studied in comparison: liturgy and the apocryphal Acts of the Apostles. The book gives an analysis of the liturgical celebration of the apostles in the medieval West and examines the incorporation of the apocrypha in practices of ritual commemoration. It reveals the role that liturgy played in the transmission of the apocryphal Acts and visualises the way these narrative traditions developed and changed through their incorporation into a ritual context. The result is a dynamic picture of the ritual reception of the extra-canonical Acts in the Latin Middle Ages, where the apocryphal legends about the apostolic past were approached as memorable traditions on the origins of Christianity.