Proving woman : female spirituality and inquisitional culture in the later Middle Ages /

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Around the year 1215, female mystics and their sacramental devotion were among orthodoxy's most sophisticated weapons in the fight against heresy. Holy women's claims to be in direct communication with God placed them in positions of unprecedented influence. Yet by the end of the Middle Ag...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Elliott, Dyan, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
Temas:
To 1500
Women > Religious life > History.
Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Mysticism > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Women mystics > Europe.
Heresy > History > To 1500.
Inquisition.
Women.
Mysticism > history
Women
Femmes > Vie religieuse.
Église > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Mysticisme > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Femmes mystiques > Europe.
Hérésie > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Femmes.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Church history > Middle Ages.
Heresy.
Mysticism > Middle Ages.
Women mystics.
Women > Religious life.
Häresie
Spiritualität
Frauenmystik
Inquisition
Frau
Vrouwen.
Mystiek.
Inquisitie.
Ketterij.
femme > orthodoxie (conformité doctrinale) > spiritualité > Moyen-Âge (Bas) > 13e s. > 15e s. (1ère moitié)
femme > mystique chrétienne > orthodoxie (conformité doctrinale) > Moyen-Âge (Bas) > 13e s. > 15e s. (1ère moitié)
femme > hérésie > inquisition > sainteté > Moyen-Âge (Bas) > 13e s. > 15e s. (1ère moitié)
Frau.
Europe.
History.
Annotations (Provenance) > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Around the year 1215, female mystics and their sacramental devotion were among orthodoxy's most sophisticated weapons in the fight against heresy. Holy women's claims to be in direct communication with God placed them in positions of unprecedented influence. Yet by the end of the Middle Ages female mystics were frequently mistrusted, derided, and in danger of their lives. The witch hunts were just around the corner. While studies of sanctity and heresy tend to be undertaken separately, Proving Woman brings these two avenues of inquiry together by associating the downward trajectory of holy wom.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 350 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400826025
1400826020

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