Medieval Women's Visionary Literature

Type

Book

Authors

Elizabeth Alvilda Petroff

ISBN 10

019503712X

ISBN 13

9780195037128

Tags

Church History, Mysticism, History, Classics, Criticism & Theory, Medieval, Ancient & Classical, Religion & Spirituality, Probability & Statistics, Literature, Asia, Christianity

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. - from Amzon

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