Free Download David Jones, "Friars’ Tales: Sermon Exempla from the British Isles"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 0719084245, 0719084253 | PDF | pages: 222 | 13.9 mb
Exempla are illustrative stories used by preachers to seize the attention of their congregations and to drive home a moral lesson. This book presents annotated translations from two collections of exempla, one Franciscan and one Dominican, put together in the British Isles around 1275.