Episcopal Culture in Late Anglo-Saxon England (review)

his spare time and retirement. Four essays treat the fierce early-modern controversies surrounding authorship of the Imitatio. Four scholars take up its theology; three its early transmission in Dutch, German, and French respectively; five consider other works by Thomas, especially the Dialogus noviciorum (a key source of information about the early Devotio Moderna); and two the songs and hymns attributed to Thomas (about which there is even more lack of clarity than the Imitatio). The essays are of a high standard, especially those that analyze early manuscript and publication evidence, such as Werner Williams-Krapp’s on Upper German translations, Stefan Sudmann’s on the text of the Dialogus noviciorum,Thom Mertens’s on the Sermones ad novicios regulares, Ulrike Hascher-Burger’s on the hymns, and Gisela Kornrumpf’s on various lyrics set to music.