Women Mystics In Medieval Europe
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Women Mystics in Medieval Europe
Author | : Emilie Zum Brunn,Georgette Epiney-Burgard |
Publsiher | : Paragon House Publishers |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UOM:39076001056287 |
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This text revives the works of five powerful mystics of the Middle Ages and provides a valuable inspirational resource for all spiritual seekers.
Women Mystics in Medieval Europe
Author | : Emilie Zum Brunn,Georgette Epiney-Burgard |
Publsiher | : Paragon House Publishers |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Mysticism |
ISBN | : MINN:31951002474255A |
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"WOMEN MYSTICS IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE revives the exquisite mystical literature of five powerful mystics of the Middle Ages: a Benedictine Abbess, a Cisterian Prioress, and three Beguines. The lost story of feminine Christianity is here enriched for the first time by the historical context of each woman's life and her fresh literary expression of spiritual reality. Hildegard of Bingen, Hadewijch of Antwerp, Beatrice of Nazareth, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and Marguerite Porete were acknowledged handmaidens of God's prophetic spirit. Their teaching, solidly based in theological and metaphysical culture, was even thought superior to that of the scholastic doctors of the time. ...an important work of reference for Christians and spiritual seekers as well as an inspirational resource for those who aspire to 'see without intermediary what God is.'" -- page 4 of cover.
Women mystics in medieval Europe
Author | : Emilie Zum Brunn |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Mysticism |
ISBN | : OCLC:1374304057 |
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Women and Mystical Experience in the Middle Ages
Author | : Frances Beer |
Publsiher | : Boydell Press |
Total Pages | : 183 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780851153438 |
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Original and thought-provoking study of three medieval women mystics based on writings and biographical material.
Visions and Longings
Author | : Monica Furlong |
Publsiher | : Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 1997-04-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781570623141 |
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The women mystics of medieval Europe represent the very first feminine voices heard in a world where women were nearly silent. As such, they are striking and unusual, strange, powerful and urgent. Monica Furlong uses key selections from among these women's own writings and writings about them by their contemporaries, along with her own assessment of them, to open up their contributions to a wide popular audience. The eleven women represented in this anthology were housewives, visionaries, abbesses, beguines, recluses, and nuns who wrote between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. They include: • Héloise, the scholar and abbess, whose letters to Abelard are treasure of medieval literature • Hildegard of Bingen, the visionary Rhineland nun • Clare of Assisi, the close friend of Saint Francis and founder of the Poor Clares • Catherine of Siena, an influential spiritual counselor whose book, Dialogue, consists of a debate between herself and God • Julian of Norwich, the English hermitess who spent the greater part of her life meditating on and coming to understand the striking visions she received as a young woman • and many others
Visions Longings
Author | : Monica Furlong |
Publsiher | : Burns & Oates |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Mysticism |
ISBN | : 0264673859 |
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An anthology of women's writings drawn from the 12th century to the 14th century, this collection includes letters, hymns, practical advice, rules for nuns, accounts of visions and revelations, prayers, dialogues and autobiographical writings. Each woman mystic is introduced separately, and the diverse material shows both the intelligence, originality and profound devotion of the women authors, and how their position as women affected their work.
Maps of Flesh and Light
Author | : Ulrike Wiethaus |
Publsiher | : Syracuse University Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1993-10-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 081562560X |
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This work offers interdisciplinary perspectives by women scholars on the diverse cultural contributions of medieval women mystics.
The Female Mystic
Author | : Andrea Janelle Dickens |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 075562498X |
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"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.