The Urban Character of Christian Worship: The Origins, Development, and Meaning of Stational Liturgy

This study surveys three different urban contexts which were crucial for the development of the Byzantine and Roman rites in the early Middle Ages. Baldovin describes the stational systems of Jerusalem, Rome, and Constantinople in detail and compares them, revealing major similarities and differences in the worship inspired by these diverse urban milieux. Includes eighteen pages of bibliography, eleven appendices, and an index.