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Women mystics in medieval Europe / [edited by] Emilie Zum Brunn, Georgette Epiney-Burgard ; translated from the French by Sheila Hughes.
- Title
- Women mystics in medieval Europe / [edited by] Emilie Zum Brunn, Georgette Epiney-Burgard ; translated from the French by Sheila Hughes.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Paragon House, 1989.
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- Description
- xxxvi, 233 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "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.
- Uniform Title
- Femmes troubadours de Dieu. English.
- Subjects
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- History
- Note
- "Originally published in French under the title Femmes troubadours de Dieu by Brepols Publishers (Belgium), 1988."
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [221]-227.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Part I Hildegard of Bingen -- Introduction -- Excerpts from Hildegard's works -- Part II Mehthild of Magdeburg -- Introduction -- Excerpts from Mechthild of Magdeburg's "The Flowing Light of the Godhead" -- Part III Beatrice of Nazareth -- Introduction -- Excerpts from Beatrice of Nazareth's "Vita" and "The Seven Manners" -- Part IV Hadewijch of Antwerp -- Introduction -- Excerpts from the works of Hadewijch I and Hadewijch II -- Part V Marguerite Porete -- Introduction -- Marguerite Porete's "Approbatio" and excerpts from "The Mirror of Simple Souls."
- ISBN
- 0913729167
- 1557781966 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^88025414^
- OCLC
- 18413230
- SCSB-9887042
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library