Waters, Claire M. <br/><br/>
Angels and Earthly Creatures :  Preaching, Performance, and Gender in the Later Middle Ages. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (296 pages) 
 - The Middle Ages Series .
 - The Middle Ages Series .
<br/><br/>Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Golden Chains of Citation -- 2. Holy Duplicity: The Preacher's Two Faces -- 3. A Manner of Speaking: Access and the Vernacular -- 4. "Mere Words": Gendered Eloquence and Christian Preaching -- 5· Transparent Bodies and the Redemption of Rhetoric -- 6. The Alibi of Female Authority -- 7· Sermones ad Status and Old Wives' Tales -- Or, the Audience Talks Back -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/> Claire M. Waters offers an original examination of the preacher's unique role as an intermediary--standing between heaven and earth, between God and people, participating in and responsible to both sides of that divide. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780812204032 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Preaching-History-Middle Ages, 600-1500.<br/>Rhetoric-Religious aspects-Christianity-History.<br/>Rhetoric, Medieval.<br/>Pastoral theology-Catholic Church-History of doctrines-Middle Ages, 600-1500.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV4207 -- .W38 2004eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>251.00940902