Prophets Abroad: The Reception of Continental Holy Women in Late-Medieval England - Hardcover
Scholars have long been aware of the impact of the lives and works of Continental holy women on English spirituality; female mystics such as Margery Kempe were inspired by their predecessors abroad, whose visionary experiences and spiritual reflections were recorded and widely read. However, very little scholarly work has been done on the effect of Continental holy women on the spiritual and devotional practices of late-medieval England. The essays in this volume investigate the influence of Hildegard of Bingen, Marguerite Porete, Mechtild of Hackeborn, Bridget of Sweden and Catherine of Siena by focusing on topics including manuscript dissemination, incorporation in spiritual guides, and the translation, illumination, adaptation and alteration of their works for an English audience. Overall, they offer new evidence of the way in which Continental sensibility and spiritual reflection were altered and adapted for an identifiably English devotional practice and spirituality.Dr ROSALYNN VOADEN teaches in the Department of English at Arizona State University. The contributors are: DENISE DESPRES, JANETTE DILLON, ROGER ELLIS, JOAN FRIEDMAN, IAN JOHNSON, KATHRYN KERBY-FULTON, ROSALYNN VOADEN, NICHOLAS WATSON, DIANE WATT.
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Nine particularly good essays on a particularlyu (and usefully) well-focused topic... helpful and serious contributions likely to engage all who are interested in the development of late medieval British (but also continental) spirituality... The studies provide welcome openings to the study of the reception of continental visionary and other texts, and indicate influences whose importance is only now beginning to be understood. MEDIUM AEVUM One of the best collections of the past five years... (its) strength lies in the diversity of approaches. ANGLIA
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- PublisherD.S. Brewer
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0859914259
- ISBN 13 9780859914253
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages212
- EditorVoaden Rosalynn
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