| Description |
xii, 402 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : the visionary tradition in women's writing : dialogue and autobiography -- I. Women in the early church : St. Perpetua and St. Macrina -- II. Holy women and the christianizing of Europe : Hugeberc of Hildesheim, St. Leoba, and Hrotsvit of Gandersheim -- III. Visionaries of the early twelfth century : Christina of Markyate, Hildegard of Bingen, and St. Elisabeth of Schonau -- IV. New styles of feminine spirituality-the Beguine movement : Marie d'Oignies, Christina Mirabilis, Hadewijch of Brabant, and Beatrijs of Nazareth -- V. Beguine spirituality and the convent of Helfta : Mechthild of Magdeburg and St. Gertrude the great -- VI. Women and spirituality in medieval Italy : St. Clare of Assisi, St. Agnes of Assisi, St. Umiltá of Faenza, Blessed Angela of Foligno, and St. Catherine of Siena -- VII. Women, heresy, and holiness in early fourteenth-century France : Na prous Bonetta, Marguerite d'Oingt, and Marguerite Porete -- VIII. Women writers of the late fourteenth century-seeking models : Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Dona Leonor Lopez de Cordoba, and Christine de Pizan -- IX. Individual and collective reformation at the end of the Middle Ages : Magdalena Beutler of Freiburg and Mary of Nijmeghen |
| Summary |
These pages capture a thousand years of medieval women's visionary writing, from late antiquity to the 15th century. Written by hermits, recluses, wives, mothers, wandering teachers, founders of religious communities, and reformers, the selections reveal how medieval women felt about their lives, the kind of education they received, how they perceived the religion of their time, and why ascetic life attracted them |
| Analysis |
Christian biography - Europe |
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Christian women - Religious life - Europe |
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Spiritual life - Early works to 1800 |
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Spiritual life - Christianity |
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Women Christian life Mysticism, 200-1500 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-391) |
| Subject |
Christian biography -- Europe.
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Christian literature -- Women authors.
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Christian literature, English -- Europe.
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Christian literature, Medieval
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Christian women -- Religious life -- Europe.
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Mysticism -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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Mystics -- Europe -- Biography.
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Spiritual life -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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Spiritual life -- Christianity.
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Spiritual life -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Women and literature -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Women in Christianity -- Europe.
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Women -- Europe -- Biography.
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| Author |
Petroff, Elizabeth.
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| LC no. |
85013717 |
| ISBN |
0195037111 |
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019503712X paperback |
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9780195037111 |
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9780195037128 paperback |
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