Introduction John Harper

Part1: Investigating the Experience of Late Medieval Worship in Medieval Church Buildings

1. Investigating the Experience of Late Medieval Worship John Harper

2. Enacting Late Medieval Worship: Locations, Processes and Outcomes John Harper


Part2: Past Evidence and Present Realisation

3. The Church of St Teilo, Llandeilo Tal-y-bont ? A Moving Story Gerallt Nash

4. Clothing the Space: Making and Using the Artefacts and Vestments Sally Harper

5. A New Pre-Reformation Organ for the Church of St Teilo Dominic Gwynn

6. Establishing a Liturgical ‘Text’: Text for Performance, Performance as Text Matthew Cheung Salisbury

7. How Did They Do Liturgy? Preparing Late Medieval Text for Modern Enactment Sally Harper and John Harper

8. Quadring Cows: Resourcing Music in the Pre-Reformation Parish Magnus Williamson


Part3: Historical Foundations ? Three Case Studies

9. The Reform of the Choir of Salisbury Cathedral, c.1450?1549 Roger Bowers

10. The Musical Knowledge and Practice of Expert Tudor Descanters Jane Flynn

11. The Holy Name of Jesus: A Literate Cult? Judith Aveling


Part4: Medieval Liturgy and Modern Enactment

12. The Nature of Late Medieval Worship: The Mass P. S. Barnwell

13. The Celebrant Reflects: Theological and Spiritual Priorities expressed through Sarum Use Jeremy Davies

14. Enabling the Ritual: Aspects of the Experience of Assisting Clergy, Servers, Singers and Organ-Player John Harper

15. How to do Without Rubrics: Experiments in Reconstructing Medieval Lay Experience P. S. Barnwell

16. Reflections on the Enactments: Voices from the Nave Keith Beasley, Judith Aveling and John Francis Moss


Part5: Reflecting on Present Experience of Past Rituals

17. Reconciling the Historical and the Contemporary in Liturgical Enactment Nils Holger Petersen

18. The Ritual Enactments: Historical Validity, Measurable Outcomes, Experience and Engagement John Harper

19. Enactment and the Study of Late Medieval Liturgy John Harper

Appendices

A.1 Summary Narrative of Mass of the Day in Choir

A.2 Summary narrative of simple sung Mass with priest, server and singers

A.3 Plan of Salisbury Cathedral

A.4 Plan of St Teilo’s Church.

Bibliography

Index