Medieval Women's Visionary Literature

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ISBN: 9780195037128 | 019503712X
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Copyright: 3/27/1986

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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 theirlives, the kind of education they received, how they perceived the religion of their time, and why ascetic life attracted them.

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction: The Visionary Tradition in Women's Writings: Dialogue and Autobiography	p. 3
Notes	p. 53
Women in the Early Church: St. Perpetua and St. Macrina	p. 60
Notes	p. 67
St. Perpetua (died Carthage, C A.D. 203): The Passion of Ss. Perpetua and Felcitas	p. 70
St. Macrina (c. A.D. 327-379, Cappadocia, Greece): The Life of St. Macrina, by St. Gregory of Nyssa	p. 77
Notes	p. 82
Holy Women and the Christianizing of Europe: Hugeberc of Hildesheim, St. Leoba, and Hrotsvit of Gandersheim	p. 83
Notes	p. 90
Hugeberc of Hildesheim (8th Century A.D; Born Wessex; Died Germany): The Hodoeporicon of St. Willibald	p. 92
Notes	p. 105
St. Leoba (c. A.D. 700-779; Born Wessex; Died Germany): The Life of St. Leoba, by Rudolf, Monk of Fulda	p. 106
Hrotsvit of Gandersheim (c. A.D. 932-C. A.D. 1000; Germany): Pelagius	p. 114
Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: Abraham	p. 124
Notes	p. 124
Notes	p. 135
Visionaries of the Early Twelfth Century: Christina of Markyate, Hildegard of Bingen, and St. Elisabeth of Schönau	p. 136
Notes	p. 142
Christina of Markyate (1096-8-1160; England): Of S. Theodora, a Virgin, Who is Also Called Christina	p. 144
Notes	p. 150
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179; Germany): The Visions of St. Hildegarde: Extracts from the Scivias	p. 151
Notes	p. 152
Notes	p. 157
Hildegard of Bingen: Liturgical Songs	p. 157
St. Elisabeth of Schönau (1129-1165; Germany): Visions -- Book Two	p. 159
Notes	p. 170
New Styles of Feminine Spirituality -- the Beguine Movement: Marie D'Oignies, Christina Mirabilis, Hadewijch of Brabant, and Beatrijs of Nazareth	p. 171
Notes	p. 177
Marie D'Oignies (1177-1213; Brabant-Flanders): The Life of Marie D'Oignies, by Jacques De Vitry	p. 179
Christina Mirabilis (1150-1224; Brabant-Flanders): The Life of Christina of St. Trond, Called Christina Mirabilis, by Thomas De Cantimpré	p. 184
Hadewijch of Brabant (first Half of Thirteenth Century; Antwerp): Letters to a Young Beguine	p. 189
Hadewijch of Brabant: Visions	p. 195
Notes	p. 200
Beatrijs of Nazareth (c. 1200-1268; Antwerp): There Are Seven Manners of Loving	p. 200
Beguine Spirituality and the Convent of Helfta: Mechthild of Magdeburg and St. Gertrude the Great	p. 207
Notes	p. 211
Mechthild of Magdeburg (1207-1282; Germany): Selections from the Flowing Light of the Godhead	p. 212
Notes	p. 221
St. Gertrude the Great (1241-1298; Germany): Part II of the Revelations of St. Gertrude	p. 222
Conclusion of This Book	p. 230
Women and Spirituality in Medieval Italy St. Clare of Assisi, St. Agnes of Assisi, St. Umilità of Faenza, Blessed Angela of Foligno, and St. Catherine of Siena	p. 231
Notes	p. 240
St. Clare of Assisi (1196-1253; Italy): The Testament of St. Clare	p. 242
Notes	p. 245
St. Agnes of Assisi (1198-1254; Italy): Letter to St. Clare	p. 245
St. Umiltà of Faenza (1126-1310; Italy): Sermons	p. 247
Blessed Angela of Foligno (1248-1309; Italy) from the Liber De Vere Fidelium Experientia: (the Book of the Experience of the Truly Faithful)	p. 254
St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380; Italy): Letters	p. 263
Women, Heresy, and Holiness in Early Fourteenth-Century France: Na Prous Boneta, Marguerite D'Oingt, and Marguerite Porete	p. 276
Notes	p. 283
Na Prous Boneta (1290-1325; Carcassone, France): The Confession of Na Prous Boneta, Heretic and Heresiarch, Carcassone, France, 6 August 1325	p. 284
Marguerite D'Oingt (died 1310; Poleteins Near Lyon): The Mirror of St. Marguerite D'Oingt	p. 290
Marguerite Porete (died Paris, 1310): From the Mirror of Simple Souls Who Are Annihilated and Who Only Remain in the Will and Desire for Love	p. 294
Women Writers of the Late Fourteenth Century -- Seeking Models: Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Doña Leonor López De Córdoba, and Christine De Pizan	p. 299
Notes	p. 306
Julian of Norwich (1343-1413; England): From Showings (long Text)	p. 308
Notes	p. 313
Margery Kempe (1373-1439; England): From the Book of Margery Kempe	p. 314
Notes	p. 327
Doña Leonor López De Córdoba (c. 1362-C. 1412; Spain): The Memories of Doña Leonor López De Córdoba	p. 329
Christine De Pizan (1363-1429? France) Selections from the Works of Christine De Pizan: The Lavision-Christine, 1405	p. 335
Christine De Pizan: The One Hundred Ballads (1393-1399?)	p. 339
Christine De Pizan Romance of the Rose: Christine's Response to the Treatise on the Romance of the Rose by John of Montrevil, June-July 1401: the First Extant Combative Document in the Debate	p. 340
Individual and Collective Reformation at the End of the Middle Ages: Magdelena Beutler of Freiburg and Mary of Nijmeghen	p. 347
Notes	p. 349
Magdalena Beutler of Freiburg (1407-1458; Germany): From the Life of Magdalena Beutler	p. 350
Anna Bijns Attributed (fourteenth or Fifteenth Century; Dutch): Mary of Nijmeghen	p. 355
Bibliography	p. 373
Index	p. 393
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