Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Golden Chains of Citation 13
6. 2. Holy Duplicity: The Preacher's Two Faces 31
7. 3. A Manner of Speaking: Access and the Vernacular 57
8. 4. "Mere Words": Gendered Eloquence and Christian Preaching 73
9. 5. Transparent Bodies and the Redemption of Rhetoric 96
10. 6. The Alibi of Female Authority 121
11. 7. Sermones ad Status and Old Wives' Tales; or, The Audience Talks Back 143
12. Abbreviations 169
13. Notes 171
14. Bibliography 249
15. Index 271