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Listen, Daughter The Speculum Virginum and the Formation of Religious Women in the Middle Ages (The New Middle Ages) - Hardcover
The words “Listen daughter” (Audi filia, from Psalm 44) were frequently used in exhortations to religious women in the 12th century, a period of dramatic growth in the involvement of women in various forms of religious life. This volume looks at the “Mirror for Virgins” (Speculum Virginum ), an illustrated dialogue between a nun and her spiritual mentor written by a monk not long before Hildegard of Bingen started to record her visions. An appendix provides the first English translation, by Barbara Newman, of significant excerpts from the Speculum.
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Constant J. Mews teaches in the School of Historical Studies, at Monash University, where he is also Director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology.
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Director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology at Monash University and author of The Lost Love Letters of Heloise and Abelard, Mews provides an introduction to the 12th-century Speculum virginum ("Mirror for Virgins") along with 12 essays by various contributors, situating the work in its historical and ecclesiastical milieu. Supplementing the essays is the first English translation of almost 30 pages of excerpts from this medieval work. Speculum virginum, an illustrated dialog between a virgin and her male spiritual mentor, was written by a monk at a time when the role of religious women was changing. In this text, which was significant to the identity of religious women between the 12th and early 16th centuries, he explains what is expected of her in her devotion to the religious life. Such written spiritual discourses were previously devoted to male-male instructional relationships. Informed by thorough scholarship, this volume provides insight into the changing world of religious women and will especially interest medievalists and feminists. Highly recommended for academic and seminary collections. Carolyn M. Craft, Longwood Coll., Farmville, VA
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- PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0312240082
- ISBN 13 9780312240080
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages306
- EditorMews Constant J.
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