Medieval Mystical Women in the West : Growing in the Height of Love
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1032123494
ISBN-13
9781032123493
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 18th, 2024
Print length
296 Pages
Weight
578 grams
Dimensions
16.20 x 24.20 x 2.40 cms
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This book explores the rich and varied mystical writings by and about medieval and early modern women across Western Europe.
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.
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