Title: Women and mystical experience in the Middle Ages /
Authors: Beer, Frances
Publisher: Boydell Press,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Hildegard,; Mechthild,; Julian,; Women mystics Biography.; Mysticism History; Mysticism history; Women history
Abstract: This book is a study of three medieval women, Hildegard of Bingen, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and Julian of Norwich, all of whom were mystics. Although they differed radically in temperament, they largely transcended the antifeminism of their times - perhaps as a result of the confidence arising from their extraordinary spiritual experiences - and articulated their special revelations, even when they diverged from orthodox doctrine, in their writings. Each of the women is.
Contents: Chapters on Hildegard of Bingen -- Mechthild of Magdeburg -- Julian of Norwich.