Meister Eckhart and the Beguine mystics
Subtitle: Hadewijch of Brabant, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and Marguerite Porete
By: edited by Bernard McGinn.
Contributors: McGinn, Bernard, 1937-
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Mechthild, of Magdeburg, ca. 1212-ca. 1282 -- Influence.; Porete, Marguerite, ca. 1250-1310 -- Influence.; Hadewijch, 13th cent. -- Influence.; Eckhart, Meister, d. 1327.; Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- History.; Mysticism -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; Mysticism -- Catholic Church -- History.; Beguines.
Description: The great German mystic Meister Eckhart remains one of the most fascinating figures in Western thought. Revived interest in Eckhart's mysticism has been matched, and even surpassed, by the study of the women mystics of the late13th century. This book argues that Eckhart's thought cannot be fully be understood until it is viewed against the background of the breakthroughs made by the women mystics who preceded him. -- Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-166).