Pricke of Conscience
This dramatic early 14th century Middle English sermon rehearses humanity''s wretchedness and the world''s instability, before contemplating the journey from death to the anguish of purgatory and hell, or ultimately to the joys of heaven. Its 7,316 lines of rhyming couplets present sensational descriptions intended to shock the audience into religious zeal, alongside a biblical exegesis reinfor...
This dramatic early 14th century Middle English sermon rehearses humanity''s wretchedness and the world''s instability, before contemplating the journey from death to the anguish of purgatory and hell, or ultimately to the joys of heaven. Its 7,316 lines of rhyming couplets present sensational descriptions intended to shock the audience into religious zeal, alongside a biblical exegesis reinfor...