Brandon Alakas
Biographic Data
| ID | 5807838 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brandon Alakas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brandon |
| FAMILY NAME | Alakas |
| SIGNATURE | ALAKAS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Wisdom's Journey
Postmedieval categories used to classify texts often create silos in which certain works are seldom placed in conversation with others, and at worst are entirely ignored. Popular secular texts are often seen as completely separate from literature by ecclesiastical authors, regardless of whether or not that latter group of texts influenced their nonreligious counterparts or even if their popularity eclipsed those works in previous centuries. Steve…
Richard Whitford’s Humanism and Monastic Renewal
Richard Whitford’s 1532 Pype, or Tonne, of the Lyfe of Perfection provides a thoroughgoing defence of monastic life against evangelical reformers; however, this text is equally remarkable for its comprehensive program of monastic renewal. What was needed, according to the Birgittine author, is regeneration from the ground up. Whitford’s reforming vision stands out primarily on account of its solid pedagogical foundation. In place of critique, The…
Delightful Fruits and Bitter Weeds
Prologues at the beginning of The Orcherd of Syon, which reimagine Catherine of Siena's Dialogo as a garden through which readers stroll, promote a material understanding of reading rooted in a complex notion of what occurred when devout readers encountered contemplative texts. These horticultural metaphors merit careful attention because they align Birgittine meditative reading with broader approaches among female religious toward food practice,…
The Birgittines of Syon Abbey
Francis’s animal brotherhood in Thomas of Celano’s Vita Prima
“In the secret chambre of the mynde, in the preuy closet of the sowle”
Already present in certain biographical details, Thomas More's programmatic efforts to create new patterns of mixed living are most innovatively employed in the Life of Pico. In creating a vernacular translation of Gianfrancesco's Vita Ioannis Pici Mirandulae, More executes substantial changes that draw attention to Pico's strong desire to transpose rituals and rhythms of monastic devotion, which encourage a highly cultivated interior and private…
Event Series
Becoming Christian
Britton, Dennis Austin. Becoming Christian: Race, Reformation, and Early Modern English Romance. An article from journal Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme (Volume 39, Number 3, Summer 2016, pp. 5-221), on Érudit
Closed and kept most surely in religion”
Depuis sa fondation, la communauté de Sainte-Brigitte à l’abbaye de Syon a exercé son ministère et répondu aux besoins spirituels des pieux qui cherchaient une pratique dévotionnelle plus complète pour leur usage privé. Un des frères les plus prolifiques de l’abbaye, Richard Whitford a écrit de nombreux textes visant à renouveler la vie religieuse et à l’adapter aux laïcs. Cet article décrit l’engagement monastique de Whitford face à la pression …
Singing the New Song
Journal Article Singing the New Song: Literacy and Liturgy in Late Medieval England Get access Singing the New Song: Literacy and Liturgy in Late Medieval England, by Katherine Zieman (Philadelphia: U. of Pennsylvania P., 2008; pp. xvii + 294. £39). Brandon Alakas Brandon Alakas Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXXV,…
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Singing the New Song
Journal Article Singing the New Song: Literacy and Liturgy in Late Medieval England Get access Singing the New Song: Literacy and Liturgy in Late Medieval England, by Katherine Zieman (Philadelphia: U. of Pennsylvania P., 2008; pp. xvii + 294. £39). Brandon Alakas Brandon Alakas Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXXV,…
Closed and kept most surely in religion”
Depuis sa fondation, la communauté de Sainte-Brigitte à l’abbaye de Syon a exercé son ministère et répondu aux besoins spirituels des pieux qui cherchaient une pratique dévotionnelle plus complète pour leur usage privé. Un des frères les plus prolifiques de l’abbaye, Richard Whitford a écrit de nombreux textes visant à renouveler la vie religieuse et à l’adapter aux laïcs. Cet article décrit l’engagement monastique de Whitford face à la pression …
“In the secret chambre of the mynde, in the preuy closet of the sowle”
Already present in certain biographical details, Thomas More's programmatic efforts to create new patterns of mixed living are most innovatively employed in the Life of Pico. In creating a vernacular translation of Gianfrancesco's Vita Ioannis Pici Mirandulae, More executes substantial changes that draw attention to Pico's strong desire to transpose rituals and rhythms of monastic devotion, which encourage a highly cultivated interior and private…
Event Series
Becoming Christian
Britton, Dennis Austin. Becoming Christian: Race, Reformation, and Early Modern English Romance. An article from journal Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme (Volume 39, Number 3, Summer 2016, pp. 5-221), on Érudit
Francis’s animal brotherhood in Thomas of Celano’s Vita Prima
The Birgittines of Syon Abbey
Delightful Fruits and Bitter Weeds
Prologues at the beginning of The Orcherd of Syon, which reimagine Catherine of Siena's Dialogo as a garden through which readers stroll, promote a material understanding of reading rooted in a complex notion of what occurred when devout readers encountered contemplative texts. These horticultural metaphors merit careful attention because they align Birgittine meditative reading with broader approaches among female religious toward food practice,…
Richard Whitford’s Humanism and Monastic Renewal
Richard Whitford’s 1532 Pype, or Tonne, of the Lyfe of Perfection provides a thoroughgoing defence of monastic life against evangelical reformers; however, this text is equally remarkable for its comprehensive program of monastic renewal. What was needed, according to the Birgittine author, is regeneration from the ground up. Whitford’s reforming vision stands out primarily on account of its solid pedagogical foundation. In place of critique, The…
Wisdom's Journey
Postmedieval categories used to classify texts often create silos in which certain works are seldom placed in conversation with others, and at worst are entirely ignored. Popular secular texts are often seen as completely separate from literature by ecclesiastical authors, regardless of whether or not that latter group of texts influenced their nonreligious counterparts or even if their popularity eclipsed those works in previous centuries. Steve…
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