Medieval women's visionary literature
By: [edited by] Elizabeth Alvilda Petroff.
Contributors: Petroff, Elizabeth.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: Christian literature -- Women authors; Christian biography -- Europe; Women -- Europe -- Biography; Spiritual life -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Women and literature -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
Description: These pages capture a thousand years of medieval women's visionary writing, from late antiquity to the 15th century. Written by hermits, recluses, wives, mothers, wandering teachers, founders of religious communities, and reformers, the selections reveal how medieval women felt about their lives, the kind of education they received, how they perceived the religion of their time, and why ascetic life attracted them.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 373-391.