Thomas J. Heffernan is a Professor of English and the Director of the Humanities Center at the University of Tennessee Knocksville. His interests include British Literature and Medieval Studies. E. Ann Matter is a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in Medieval Christianity.

Figures, Tables, Maps, and Appendices Photograph Acknowledgments Contributors Introduction to the Liturgy of the Medieval Church Part One: The Shape of the Liturgical Year A Monastic Conception of the Liturgical Year The Divine Office and Private Devotion in the Latin West The Liturgy and the Literature of Saints' Lives Part Two: Particular Liturgies Liturgy and Liturgical Daily Life in the Medieval Greek World - The Byzantine Empire The Liturgical Profile of the Parish Church in Medieval Sweden Jews and Judaism in the Medieval Latin Liturgy Sacramental Liturgies in the Middle Ages The Office for Saint Cecilia Part Three: The Physical Setting of the Liturgy Architecture as Liturgical Setting Church Porches and the Liturgy in Twelfth-Century Rome Liturgical Vessels and Implements Part Four: The Liturgy and Books Manuscripts of the Liturgy The Book of Hours Part Five: Liturgy and the Arts Iconography in the Liturgical Life of the Medieval Greek Church The Liturgy and Vernacular Literature Liturgical Drama and Community Discourse The Music of the Liturgy Gregorius Presul Composuit Hunc Libellum Musicae Artis Part Six: Expanding the Definitions of Medieval Liturgy Liturgy as Social Performance: Expanding the Definitions Glossary Index of Medieval Manuscripts Index of Biblical Citations Index of Modern Scholars Index of Feast Days General Index