The strange case of Ermine de Reims : a medieval woman between demons and saints /

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In 1384, a poor and illiterate peasant woman named Ermine moved to the city of Reims with her elderly husband. Her era was troubled by war, plague, and schism within the Catholic Church, and Ermine could easily have slipped unobserved through the cracks of history. After the loss of her husband, how...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Renate, 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
Series:Middle Ages series.
Subjects:
Ermine, > de Reims, > approximately 1347-1396.
Ermine, > de Reims, > approximately 1347-1396
To 1500
Mysticism > France > History > To 1500.
Visions > France > Early works to 1800.
Women mystics > France.
Visionaries > France.
Mysticisme > France > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Visions > France > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Femmes mystiques > France.
Visionnaires > France.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Mysticism
Visionaries
Visions
Women mystics
France
Early works
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Prologue
  • Chapter 1. Ermine and Her World
  • Chapter 2. Ermine and Her Confessor, Jean le Graveur
  • Chapter 3. Ermine's Piety and Devotional Practices
  • Chapter 4. Ermine and Her Demons
  • Chapter 5. Ermine and the Discernment of Spirits
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix. The Visions of Ermine de Reims
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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