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Gendered voices : medieval saints and their interpreters /

"Female saints, mystics, and visionaries have been much studied in recent years. Relatively little attention has been paid, however, to the ways in which their experiences and voices were mediated by the men who often composed their vitae, served as their editors and scribes, or otherwise encou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mooney, Catherine M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1999.
Colección:Middle Ages series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Voice, gender, and the portrayal of sanctity / Catherine M. Mooney
  • Hildegard and her hagiographers: the remaking of female sainthood / Barbara Newman
  • Holy woman or unworthy vessel? The representations of Elisabeth of Schönau / Anne L. Clark
  • Imitatio Christi or imitatio Mariae? Clare of Assisi and her interpreters / Catherine M. Mooney
  • Inside out: Beatrice of Nazareth and her hagiographer / Amy Hollywood
  • A marriage and its observer: Christine of Stommeln, the heavenly bridegroom, and Friar Peter of Dacia / John Coakley
  • Henry Suso and Elsbeth Stagel: was the Vita a cooperative effort? / Frank Tobin
  • Mystical death, bodily death: Catherine of Siena and Raymond of Capua on the mystic's encounter with God / Karen Scott
  • Authorizing a life: the collaboration of Dorothea of Montau and John Marienwerder / Dyan Elliott
  • Notes
  • The saints and their interpreters: selected primary sources in original languages.