2.2 Water and the Word: Baptism and the Education of the Clergy in the Carolingian Empire

Water and the Word is a study of Carolingian baptismal commentaries in their ninth-century manuscripts. A major part of the ninth-century Carolingian Reform was to educate the empire, beginning with the clergy, who were to educate their people in preparation for baptism, and to perform baptisms in order to morally transform society. Water and the Word has two volumes, the first presenting Dr. Keefe's research, arguments, and conclusions, and the second presenting new editions of 64 previously unpublished baptismal commentaries.

The book was the result of a monumental revision of Dr. Keefe's dissertation under Roger Reynolds for PIMS at the University of Toronto. She submitted it for publication with the University of Notre Dame Press in 1992, and the book was under contract in 1993 and counted toward Dr. Keefe's tenure review process in 1995; however, the book was not published until 2002.

Inventory of Box 1, Folders 28–29:

Box 1, Folder 28

Statement of relationship between dissertation and Water and the Word

Abstract

Reader's Report: Cornell University Press

Reader's Report: Notre Dame University Press, #1 (Anonymous)

Reader's Report: Notre Dame University Press, #2 (Anonymous)

Reader's Report: Notre Dame University Press, #3 (Roger E. Reynolds)

Book Contract with Notre Dame University Press

Samples from Manuscript:

Title Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Part I, Chapter One: Introduction [pages 9–24]

Part III, Chapter Eleven: Conclusion [pages 252–75]

Appendix A: Description of Manuscripts

Appendix B: A Survey, by Subject Matter, of all Material Contained in the Manuscript Descriptions

Box 1, Folder 29:

Correspondence related to the prolonged publication schedule of Water and the Word, dated April, 1993 – October, 2002