Author: Margot E. Fassler

First full-length study of the role and duties of the medieval cantor. Cantors made unparalleled contributions to the way time was understood and history was remembered in the medieval Latin West. Th …

The Divine Office–the cycle of daily worship other than the Mass–is the richest source of liturgical texts and music from the Latin Middle Ages. However, its richness, the great diversity of its ma …

In Cosmos, Liturgy, and the Arts in the Twelfth Century, Margot E. Fassler takes readers into the rich, complex world of Hildegard of Bingen’s Scivias (meaning “Know the ways”) to explore how medieva …