TY - BOOK AU - Waters,Claire M. TI - Angels and Earthly Creatures: Preaching, Performance, and Gender in the Later Middle Ages T2 - The Middle Ages Series SN - 9780812204032 AV - BV4207 -- .W38 2004eb U1 - 251.00940902 PY - 2004/// CY - Philadelphia PB - University of Pennsylvania Press KW - Preaching-History-Middle Ages, 600-1500 KW - Rhetoric-Religious aspects-Christianity-History KW - Rhetoric, Medieval KW - Pastoral theology-Catholic Church-History of doctrines-Middle Ages, 600-1500 KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3442164 ER -