An examination of how The Book of Psalms shaped medieval thought and helped develop the medieval English literary canon.

In Miserere Mei, Clare Costley King'oo examines the critical importance of the Penitential Psalms in England between the end of the fourteenth and the beginning

The Latin psalms—translated into Old English—figured prominently in the lives of Anglo-Saxons, whether sung by clerics, studied as a textbook for language l

The study of medieval literature has experienced a revolution in the last two decades, which has reinvigorated many parts of the discipline and changed the shap

The Psalms were an important part of the education, daily life, and spiritual development of medieval clerics and monks, and they had a significant impact on la