Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program Lecture - A Church in Folios: The Golden Legend and William Caxton’s Liturgical Press

Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program Lecture - A Church in Folios: The Golden Legend and William Caxton’s Liturgical Press

Date and Time

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

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  • Wednesday, October 23, 2019 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Location

Saints Tekakwitha and Serra Hall, 200, Humanities Center

5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110

Cost

Free

Details

The history of early English printing often focuses on the Protestant Reformation and Luther’s theses against indulgences, yet the first text printed in England was a 1476 papal indulgence from William Caxton’s press. In this talk, Stacie Vos, lecturer in USD’s Department of English and PhD candidate in literature at UCSD, explores the intricate relationship of lay devotional culture and early printed religious texts, including Caxton's influential 1483 edition of saints’ lives, The Golden Legend.