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- Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 748 p.) : ill.
- Series Statement
- Brepols essays in European culture ; v. 1
- Uniform Title
- Medieval holy women in the Christian tradition c. 1100-c. 1500 (Online)
- Brepols essays in European culture ; 1.
- Subject
- Women in Christianity > Europe > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 714-723) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction / Alastair Minnis and Rosalynn Voaden -- Introductory essays. Flesh and spirit : the female body / Dyan Elliot ; Religious roles : public and private / Alastair Minnis ; Women's textual authority and the collaboration of clerics / John Coakley ; Communal life : the sister-books / John van Engen ; Women and dissent / Peter Biller -- The British Isles. Holy women in the British Isles : a survey / Anne Clark-Bartlett ; Julian of Norwich / Liz Herbert McAvoy ; Margery Kempe / Anthony Goodman -- France. Holy women in France : a survey / Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski ; Heloise / Constant J. Mews ; Marguerite Porete / Michael G. Sargent -- The German territories. Holy women in the German territories : a survey / Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker ; Hildegard of Bingen / Kathryn Kerby-Fulton ; Elisabeth of Schönau / Anne L Clark ; Margaret Ebner / Barbara Koch ; Mechthild of Magdeburg / Amy Hollywood and Patricia Z. Beckman ; Mechtild of Hackeborn / Rosalynn Voaden ; Gertrude the great of Helfta / Alexandra Barratt and Debra L. Stoudt ; Dorothy of Montau / Ute Stargardt -- The Iberian Peninsula. Iberian holy women : a survey / Ronald E. Surtz -- Italy. Italian holy women : a survey / E. Ann Matter ; Agnes of Prague and Guglielma of Milan / Barbara Newman ; Angela of Foligno / Cristina Mazzoni ; Catherine of Siena / Suzanne Noffke -- The low countries. Holy women of the low countries : a survey / Walter Simons ; Hadewijch / Saskia Murk-Jansen -- Scandinavia. Holy women of Scandinavia : a survey / Claire L. Sahlin.
- LCCN
- 2010537304
- OCLC
- ssj0000725329
- Title
Medieval holy women in the Christian tradition c. 1100-c. 1500 [electronic resource] / edited by Alastair Minnis and Rosalynn Voaden.
- Imprint
Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, c2010.
- Series
Brepols essays in European culture ; v. 1
Brepols essays in European culture ; 1.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 714-723) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Minnis, A. J. (Alastair J.)
Voaden, Rosalynn, 1949-