I hope you're having a nice break - but not too much of a break, because essays are looming! Use time off lectures and tutorials to get ahead on your research if you can. In the meanwhile, here's some medieval Easter music to pass the time...
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| Resurrexi, Music for Easter Sunday, British Library, Crowland Gradual, c.1240. |
Resurrexi, et adhuc tecum sum, alleluia. Posuisti super me manum tuam, alleluia. Mirabilis facta est scientia tua, alleluia. Domine probasti me et cognivisti me.
[I
rose up and am still with thee, alleluia. Thou hast laid thy hand upon
me, alleluia. Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me, alleluia. Lord,
thou hast proved me, and known me]
Listen to a performance of a medieval setting of this psalm by Schola Cantorum hereThen, with the large black "h", begins another psalm, no. 118:
Haec dies quam fecit Dominus: exultemus et laetemur in ea
[This is the day that the Lord made: let us be glad and rejoice in it.]
Listen to a performance of a later (16th century) setting of this psalm by The King's Singers hereCan you make out any of the words, now that you know what it should say?
See you on Monday week,
Kathleen
2 comments:
Hi Kathleen!
This isn't particularly about the blog post, more that I'm a bit confused about the wording of the Gender Roles essay question. Hope this is the right place to ask. What exactly are 'normative understandings'? I'm guessing it's asking something like what the roles of men and women were perceived to be, but I'm still a bit unsure. Thanks!
Sian
Good question Sian! Something which is 'normative' functions as a norm or standard, or is understood to be prescriptive. In this case, it's not just what these roles were perceived to be, but how it was thought they should be: it's the understanding of gender roles that people were judged against by their contemporaries.
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