Women, men, and spiritual power : female saints and their male collaborators /
Coakley, John Wayland.
New York : Columbia University Press,
c2006.
The powers of holy women -- Revelation and authority in Ekbert and Elisabth of Schönau -- A shared endeavor : Guibert of Gembloux on Hildegard of Bingen -- James of Vitry and the other world of Mary of Oignies -- Self and saint : Peter of Dacia on Christine of Stommeln -- Hagiography and theology in the Memorial of Angela of Foligno -- The limits of religious authority : Margaret of Cortona and Giunta Bevegnati -- Hagiography in process : Henry of Nördlingen and Margaret Ebner -- Managing holiness : Raymond of Capua and Catherine of Siena -- Revelation and authority revisited : John Marienwerder on Dorothy of Montau -- Authority and female sanctity : conclusions.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-344) and index.
Women mystics.
Authority
Power (Christian theology)
Church history
Monasticism and religious orders.