Women And Mystical Experience In The Middle Ages
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Women And Mystical Experience In The Middle Ages
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Author : Frances Beer
language : en
Publisher: Boydell Press
Release Date : 1992
Women And Mystical Experience In The Middle Ages written by Frances Beer and has been published by Boydell Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
Original and thought-provoking study of three medieval women mystics based on writings and biographical material.
Maps Of Flesh And Light
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Author : Ulrike Wiethaus
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 1993-10-01
Maps Of Flesh And Light written by Ulrike Wiethaus and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-10-01 with Religion categories.
This work offers interdisciplinary perspectives by women scholars on the diverse cultural contributions of medieval women mystics.
Medieval Mystical Women In The West
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Author : John Arblaster
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-07-18
Medieval Mystical Women In The West written by John Arblaster and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-18 with Religion categories.
This book explores the rich and varied mystical writings by and about medieval – and a few early modern – women across Western Europe. Women had a profound and lasting impact on the development of medieval and early modern spiritual and mystical literature, both through their own writing and as a result of the hagiographical texts that they inspired. Bringing together contributions by both established and emerging scholars, the volume provides a valuable overview of medieval mystical women with a special focus on the Low Countries and Italy, regions that produced a disproportionately high number of female mystics. The figures discussed range from Hildegard of Bingen, Hadewijch, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Marguerite Porete, Angela of Foligno, Julian of Norwich, and Beatrice of Nazareth to lesser-known women such as Agnes Blannbekin, Christina of Hane, and Maria Maddalena de’ Pazzi. The chapters address topics such as the body, pain, desire, ecstasy, stigmata, annihilation, virtue, visions, the tension between exterior and interior experience, and the nature of mystical union itself.
The Female Mystic
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Author : Andrea Janelle Dickens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Female Mystic written by Andrea Janelle Dickens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
"The Middle Ages saw a flourishing of mysticism that was astonishing for its richness and distinctiveness. The medieval period was unlike any other period of Christianity in producing people who frequently claimed visions of Christ and Mary, uttered prophecies, gave voice to ecstatic experiences, recited poems and songs said to emanate directly from God and changed their ways of life as a result of these special revelations. Many recipients of these alleged divine gifts were women. Yet the female contribution to western Europe's intellectual and religious development is still not well understood. Popular or lay religion has been overshadowed by academic theology, which was predominantly the theology of men. This timely book rectifies the neglect by examining a number of women whose lives exemplify traditions which were central to medieval theology but whose contributions have tended to be dismissed as 'merely spiritual' by today's scholars. In their different ways, visionaries like Richeldis de Faverches (founder of the Holy House at Walsingham, or 'England's Nazareth'), the learned Hildegard of Bingen, Hadewijch of Brabant (exemplary voice of the Beguine tradition of love mysticism), charismatic traveller and pilgrim Margery Kempe and anchoress Julian of Norwich all challenged traditional male scholastic theology. Designed for the use of undergraduate student and general reader alike, this attractive survey provides an introduction to thirteen remarkable women and sets their ideas in context."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Body And Soul
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Author : Elizabeth Petroff
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1994
Body And Soul written by Elizabeth Petroff and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Music categories.
Opening a window onto a long-neglected world of women's experience, this text features eleven essays that examine the writings of medieval women mystics from England, France, Germany, Italy, and the Low Countries, providing close readings of a number of important texts from the viewpoint of different literary theories. Surveying various styles of hagiographical writing, the author offers ground-breaking scholarship on a broad range of topics such as how medieval holy women may have appeared to their contemporaries, medieval antifeminism, comparisons between earlier and later Christian mystical writing, the relationship between male confessors and female penitents in the Middle Ages, and the process by which these extraordinary women produced their work. For courses in religious, medieval, or women's studies, this unique text fills a conspicuous gap in an important and fascinating field of literature.
Women Mystics In Medieval Europe
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Author : Emilie Zum Brunn
language : en
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
Release Date : 1989
Women Mystics In Medieval Europe written by Emilie Zum Brunn and has been published by Paragon House Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
This text revives the works of five powerful mystics of the Middle Ages and provides a valuable inspirational resource for all spiritual seekers.
Women S Lives
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Author : Nahir I. Otaño Gracia
language : en
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Release Date : 2022-02-15
Women S Lives written by Nahir I. Otaño Gracia and has been published by University of Wales Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-15 with History categories.
Women’s Lives presents essays on the ways in which the lives and voices of women permeated medieval literature and culture. The ubiquity of women amongst the medieval canon provides an opportunity for considering a different sphere of medieval culture and power that is frequently not given the attention it requires. The reception and use of female figures from this period has proven influential as subjects in literary, political, and social writings; the lives of medieval women may be read as models of positive transgression, and their representation and reception make powerful arguments for equality, agency and authority on behalf of the writers who employed them. The volume includes essays on well-known medieval women, such as Hildegard of Bingen and Teresa of Cartagena, as well as women less-known to scholars of the European Middle Ages, such as Al-Kāhina and Liang Hongyu. Each essay is directly related to the work of Elizabeth Petroff, a scholar of Medieval Women Mystics who helped recover texts written by medieval women.
Medieval Writings On Female Spirituality
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Author : Various
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2002-05-28
Medieval Writings On Female Spirituality written by Various and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05-28 with Religion categories.
Biographies, poetic compositions, works that are mystical, prophetic, visionary, or meditative: the selections here reflect the developments in medieval piety, particularly in the link between female spirituality and the body. Included are the dramatic visionary writings of Hildegard of Bingen; letters and poems by Hadewijch expressing passionate love for God; and Marguerite Porete's allegorical poem "The Mirror of Simple Souls," a dialogue between Love and Soul that was condemned as heretical. Also included are biographies written by male ecclesiastics of women such as Christine the Astonishing, whose extraordinary behavior included being resurrected at her own funeral; revelations received by Bridget of Sweden, the first woman to found a religious order; and excerpts from The Book of Margery Kempe, in which Margery imagines herself as a servant caring for the Virgin Mary in her childhood. This volume, edited by Elizabeth Spearing, who also prepared some of the translations, features a rich introduction to the lives and religious experiences of its subjects, as well as full explanatory notes. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Women In Medieval Europe
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Author : Jennifer Ward
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-11
Women In Medieval Europe written by Jennifer Ward and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-11 with History categories.
Women in Medieval Europe were expected to be submissive, but such a broad picture ignores great areas of female experience. Between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, women are found in the workplace as well as the home, and some women were numbered among the key rulers, saints and mystics of the medieval world. Opportunities and activities changed over time, and by 1500 the world of work was becoming increasingly restricted for women. Women of all social groups were primarily engaged with their families, looking after husband and children, and running the household. Patterns of work varied geographically. In the northern towns, women engaged in a wide range of crafts, with a small number becoming entrepreneurs. Many of the poor made a living as servants and labourers. Prostitution flourished in many medieval towns. Some women turned to the religious life, and here opportunities burgeoned in the thirteenth century. The Middle Ages are not remote from the twenty-first century; the lives of medieval women evoke a response today. The medieval mother faced similar problems to her modern counterpart. The sheer variety of women’s experience in the later Middle Ages is fully brought out in this book.
Wandering Women And Holy Matrons
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Author : Leigh Ann Craig
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2009-03-16
Wandering Women And Holy Matrons written by Leigh Ann Craig and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-16 with History categories.
Women commonly became pilgrims in Latin Christendom in the later Middle Ages, despite the opposition of contemporary critics. This book explores women’s participation in many forms of pilgrimage, and also their construction of positive interpretations of that participation.