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The Medieval Church · c. 1170–1180
The Sermons for the People
Maurice de Sully · c. 1120–1196
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What it is
Short model sermons in French for parish priests to deliver, explaining the gospel of the day in the plainest possible terms.
Why it lasted
Among the earliest surviving vernacular sermons in France, written by the bishop who began Notre-Dame de Paris.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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