Medieval holy women in the Christian tradition c. 1100-c. 1500
By: edited by Alastair Minnis and Rosalynn Voaden
Series: Brepols essays in European culture -- v. 1; Brepols essays in European culture -- 1.
Publisher: Brepols
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Turnhout, Belgium
Language: eng
Number of pages: 748
ISBN-13: 9782503531809
Subjects: Women in Christianity; Vrouwen; Heiligen; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 714-723) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / -- Alastair Minnis and Rosalynn Voaden; title: Introductory essays.; title: Flesh and spirit :; title: the female body  -- Dyan Elliot ;; title: Religious roles :; title: public and private  -- Alastair Minnis ;; title: Women's textual authority and the collaboration of clerics  -- John Coakley ;; title: Communal life :; title: the sister-books  -- John van Engen ;; title: Women and dissent  -- Peter Biller; title: The British Isles.; title: Holy women in the British Isles :; title: a survey  -- Anne Clark-Bartlett ;; title: Julian of Norwich  -- Liz Herbert McAvoy ;; title: Margery Kempe  -- Anthony Goodman; title: France.; title: Holy women in France :; title: a survey  -- Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski ;; title: Heloise  -- Constant J. Mews ;; title: Marguerite Porete  -- Michael G. Sargent; title: The German territories.; title: Holy women in the German territories :; title: a survey  -- Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker ;; title: Hildegard of Bingen  -- Kathryn Kerby-Fulton ;; title: Elisabeth of Schönau  -- Anne L Clark ;; title: Margaret Ebner  -- Barbara Koch ;; title: Mechthild of Magdeburg  -- Amy Hollywood and Patricia Z. Beckman ;; title: Mechtild of Hackeborn  -- Rosalynn Voaden ;; title: Gertrude the great of Helfta  -- Alexandra Barratt and Debra L. Stoudt ;; title: Dorothy of Montau  -- Ute Stargardt; title: The Iberian Peninsula.; title: Iberian holy women :; title: a survey  -- Ronald E. Surtz; title: Italy.; title: Italian holy women :; title: a survey  -- E. Ann Matter ;; title: Agnes of Prague and Guglielma of Milan  -- Barbara Newman ;; title: Angela of Foligno  -- Cristina Mazzoni ;; title: Catherine of Siena  -- Suzanne Noffke; title: The low countries.; title: Holy women of the low countries :; title: a survey  -- Walter Simons ;; title: Hadewijch  -- Saskia Murk-Jansen; title: Scandinavia.; title: Holy women of Scandinavia :; title: a survey -- Claire L. Sahlin.