The Beguines Of Medieval Widnica
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The Beguines Of Medieval Paris
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Author : Tanya Stabler Miller
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2014-05
The Beguines Of Medieval Paris written by Tanya Stabler Miller and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05 with History categories.
In the thirteenth century, Paris was the largest city in Western Europe, the royal capital of France, and the seat of one of Europe's most important universities. In this vibrant and cosmopolitan city, the beguines, women who wished to devote their lives to Christian ideals without taking formal vows, enjoyed a level of patronage and esteem that was uncommon among like communities elsewhere. Some Parisian beguines owned shops and played a vital role in the city's textile industry and economy. French royals and nobles financially supported the beguinages, and university clerics looked to the beguines for inspiration in their pedagogical endeavors. The Beguines of Medieval Paris examines these religious communities and their direct participation in the city's commercial, intellectual, and religious life. Drawing on an array of sources, including sermons, religious literature, tax rolls, and royal account books, Tanya Stabler Miller contextualizes the history of Parisian beguines within a spectrum of lay religious activity and theological controversy. She examines the impact of women on the construction of medieval clerical identity, the valuation of women's voices and activities, and the surprising ways in which local networks and legal structures permitted women to continue to identify as beguines long after a church council prohibited the beguine status. Based on intensive archival research, The Beguines of Medieval Paris makes an original contribution to the history of female religiosity and labor, university politics and intellectual debates, royal piety, and the central place of Paris in the commerce and culture of medieval Europe.
Cities Of Ladies
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Author : Walter Simons
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2010-08-03
Cities Of Ladies written by Walter Simons and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-03 with History categories.
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title In the early thirteenth century, semireligious communities of women began to form in the cities and towns of the Low Countries. These beguines, as the women came to be known, led lives of contemplation and prayer and earned their livings as laborers or teachers. In Cities of Ladies, the first history of the beguines to appear in English in fifty years, Walter Simons traces the transformation of informal clusters of single women to large beguinages. These veritable single-sex cities offered lower- and middle-class women an alternative to both marriage and convent life. While the region's expanding urban economies initially valued the communities for their cheap labor supply, severe economic crises by the fourteenth century restricted women's opportunities for work. Church authorities had also grown less tolerant of religious experimentation, hailing as subversive some aspects of beguine mysticism. To Simons, however, such accusations of heresy against the beguines were largely generated from a profound anxiety about their intellectual ambitions and their claims to a chaste life outside the cloister. Under ecclesiastical and economic pressure, beguine communities dwindled in size and influence, surviving only by adopting a posture of restraint and submission to church authorities.
The Beguines And Beghards In Medieval Culture With Special Emphasis On The Belgian Scene Ernest W Mc Donnell
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Author : Ernest W. Mac Donnell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
The Beguines And Beghards In Medieval Culture With Special Emphasis On The Belgian Scene Ernest W Mc Donnell written by Ernest W. Mac Donnell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with categories.
The Beguines And Beghards In Medieval Culture
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Author : Ernest W. McDonnell
language : en
Publisher: New York : Octagon Books
Release Date : 1969
The Beguines And Beghards In Medieval Culture written by Ernest W. McDonnell and has been published by New York : Octagon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with History categories.
The Beguines and the Beghards were Christian lay religious orders that were active in Northern Europe, particularly in the Low Countries in the 13th-16th centuries. Their members lived in semi-monastic communities but did not take formal religious vows. They promised not to marry "as long as they lived as Beguines" to quote one of the early Rules, they were free to leave at any time. Beguines were part of a larger spiritual revival movement of the thirteenth century that stressed imitation of Christ's life through voluntary poverty, care of the poor and sick, and religious devotion.
Naming Beguines In Northern Medieval Europe
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Author : Letha Böhringer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Naming Beguines In Northern Medieval Europe written by Letha Böhringer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Beguines categories.
The Wisdom Of The Beguines
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Author : Laura Swan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-06
The Wisdom Of The Beguines written by Laura Swan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06 with Beguines categories.
The beguines began to form in various parts of Europe over eight hundred years ago. Beguines were laywomen, not nuns, and they did not live in monasteries. They practiced a remarkable way of living independently, and they were never a religious order or a formalized movement. But there were common elements that these medieval women shared across Europe, including their visionary spirituality, their unusual business acumen, and their courageous commitment to the poor and sick. Beguines were essentially self-defined, in opposition to the many attempts to control and define them. They lived by themselves or in communities called beguinages, which could be single homes for just a few women or, as in Brugge, Brussels, and Amsterdam, walled-in rows of houses where hundreds of beguines lived together--a village of women within a medieval town or city. Among the beguines were celebrated spiritual writers and mystics, including Mechthild of Magdeburg, Beatrijs of Nazareth, Hadewijch, and Marguerite Porete--who was condemned as a heretic and burned at the stake in Paris in 1310. She was not the only beguine suspected of heresy, and often politics were the driving force behind such charges. The beguines, across the centuries, have left us a great legacy. They invite us to listen to their voices, to seek out their wisdom, to discover them anew.
Forgotten Desert Mothers The
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Author : Swan, Laura
language : en
Publisher: Paulist Press
Release Date : 2022
Forgotten Desert Mothers The written by Swan, Laura and has been published by Paulist Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Religion categories.
In The Forgotten Desert Mothers, Laura Swan introduces readers to the sayings, lives, stories, and spirituality of women in the early Christian desert and monastic movement, from the third century on. In doing so, she finally sets the record straight that women played an important and influential role in early Christianity, indeed a role that has been long overshadowed by men. She begins with an exploration of the historical context and spirituality of the desert ascetics. Then she weaves together the sayings of the major desert ammas, or mothers, along with commentary that invites readers to reflect on their own spiritual journey as they share their wisdom. The book then journeys between desert, monastery and city to reveal the stories of ascetics and solitaries whose stories are rarely heard, organized in the author's own alphabetical collection. The Forgotten Desert Mothers demonstrates, like no other work, that women have long had a history of leadership in Christianity. This engaging, eye-opening, and insightful work targets all faith seekers looking to reclaim the history and spirituality of the women who came before them, as well as to understand their own inner journey. It will be a welcome addition to courses on early church history, women's studies, and religious studies.
The Benedictine Tradition
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Author : Laura Swan
language : en
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Release Date : 2007
The Benedictine Tradition written by Laura Swan and has been published by Liturgical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Religion categories.
When St. Benedict wrote his little rule for beginners in the fifth century, he could not have known it would shape the lives of religious men and women for more than fifteen hundred years. Offering instruction on prayer and community life, Benedict's Rule espouses the values of humility, prayer, and hospitality that have marked the lives of Benedictines throughout the ages. Benedictines are those persons who commit themselves to the Rule of Benedict, and have been popes and widows, scholars and mystics and lay people from many religious traditions, including Catholics, Anglicans, Methodists, and Lutherans. They have lived in monasteries and ashrams, in busy urban centers, and in desert hermitages. Dedicated to God and the practices of the Liturgy of the Hours and monastic life, Benedictines have made significant contributions to chant, theology, and the preservation of spiritual works of literature and scholarship. Represented here is the work of major Benedictine figures throughout the ages, beginning with Pope Gregory's account of the life of Benedict and arriving at recent statements by the Conference of Benedictine Prioresses on conflict in the world. Along with the Rule, the writing of these Benedictines remains as relevant today as in any age. Laura Swan, OSB, writer and spiritual director, holds graduate degrees in theology and spirituality. She is a member and former prioress of Saint Placid Priory in Lacey, Washington, and is the author of Engaging Benedict: What the Rule Can Teach Us Today (Christian Classics, 2005).
The Great Medieval Heretics
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Author : Michael Frassetto
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-02
The Great Medieval Heretics written by Michael Frassetto and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Replete with terror, passion, and hope, this gripping narrative history explores the intricate mysteries of medieval Europe through the lives of the great heretics whose beliefs and practices challenged the teachings of an all-powerful church. Five centuries of social and spiritual turmoil are covered through a vivid and telling mix of events, personalities, and ideas.
One Hundred Great Jewish Books
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Author : Lawrence A. Hoffman
language : en
Publisher: Bluebridge
Release Date : 2011
One Hundred Great Jewish Books written by Lawrence A. Hoffman and has been published by Bluebridge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Literary Criticism categories.
Over many centuries, Judaism has consistently demonstrated a particular fondness for books and literacy, and this guide allows readers to listen in on the Jewish conversation across many centuries?from the Hebrew Bible and the rabbinic masterpieces to the pressing subjects of the early 21st century. It introduces great works of biography, spirituality, theology, poetry, fiction, history, and political theory. With a special focus on modern American Jewish life and the two core events of contemporary Jewish history?the Holocaust and the founding of the State of Israel?this overview guides readers to books espousing virtually all types of historic and modern Judaic expression. Each of the chronologically arranged entries examines one title within its historical context, provides information about the author, and gives a clear and focused summary of its content.