The mystical gesture
Subtitle: essays on medieval and early modern spiritual culture in honor of Mary E. Giles
By: edited by Robert Boenig
Contributors: Giles, Mary E; Boenig, Robert, 1948-
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hampshire, England; Burlington, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Subjects: Mysticism -- History; Spirituality -- History
Description: "The essays assembled in The Mystical Gesture explore the spiritual culture promulgated by texts and writers across Western Europe from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries, with a primary focus on the spiritual culture of sixteenth-century Spain. The contributors to this volume examine the work of visionaries, mystics, nuns who were poets or scholars, and creative writers whose work centered on spiritual themes."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index