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Women, men, and spiritual power : female saints and their male collaborators /
In Women, Men, and Spiritual Power, John Coakley explores male-authored narratives of the lives of Catherine of Siena, Hildegard of Bingen, Angela of Foligno, and six other female prophets or mystics of the late Middle Ages. His readings reveal the complex personal and literary relationships between...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Gender, theory, and religion
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Women, Men, and Spiritual Power, John Coakley explores male-authored narratives of the lives of Catherine of Siena, Hildegard of Bingen, Angela of Foligno, and six other female prophets or mystics of the late Middle Ages. His readings reveal the complex personal and literary relationships between these women and the clerics who wrote about them. Coakley's work also undermines simplistic characterizations of male control over women, offering an important contribution to medieval religious history. Coakley shows that these male-female relationships were marked by a funda. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 354 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-344) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231508611 9780231508612 |