"The sermons here published for the first time are attributed to an otherwise unknown friar referred to simply as Frater Petrus. The collection provides evidence of actual preaching in a normal setting from fourteenth-century Germany, between the beginnings of the Franciscan order and the Observant reform movement, not by a major light of the order, but a regular member who may have held status as an intermediate-level teacher, to judge by the care with which the manuscripts were prepared. Theologically competent and gracefully presented in the conventional sermon style of the period, the collection, edited and translated by Daniel Nodes, offers scholars and students a reliable new resource in an area of sermon studies that is still in short supply. "This volume of sixty-three sermons will shed valuable light on preaching method and style of a Franciscan friar in a normal setting of the pre-Observant fourteenth century. Daniel Nodes's careful Latin edition with clear English translation enables readers to penetrate more deeply into biblical interpretation and instruction during the High Middle Ages." Nigel F. Palmer, Emeritus Professor of Medieval German, St Edmund Hall, Oxford "In the later Middle Ages, the friars created a system of mass communication based on collections of Latin model sermons which could be turned into the vernacular for lay congregations anywhere. Examples of these model sermons in critical editions are rare and critical editions accompanied by translations to which a good student can be directed are almost non-existent. Dan Nodes earns the gratitude of scholars and teachers of medieval religious history by filling this glaring gap." D. L. d'Avray, Emeritus Professor of History, UCL"--
The 14th-century collection of sermons by an otherwise unknown Franciscan referred to simply as Frater Petrus provide evidence of actual preaching in a normal setting between the beginning of the Franciscan order and the Observant reform movement. He seems to have been active during the 1260s in Germany, and was not a major light, but a regular member who may have been an intermediate-level teacher. Nodes presents an edition of the Latin sermons, with facing pages of English translation. The manuscript contains 147 sermons in all, so there are probably just two volumes. Annotation ©2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
A new collection of medieval Mendicant sermons. The preacher’s handling of themes drawn from the liturgical readings, Advent to Easter, achieves a competent fusion of exegetical traditions and preaching innovation.
