Christine/de@Pisan The vision of Christine de Pizan

Engels | 188 pagina's | D.S. Brewer, Cambridge | 2012

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Jacobus de Voragine Women of the Gilte legende

a selection of Middle English saints lives; translated from the middle English with introduction, notes and interpretive essay

Engels | 149 pagina's | D.S. Brewer, Woodbridge | 2012

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Mechthild of Magdeburg Mechthild of Magdeburg

selections from The flowing light of the Godhead translated from the Middle High German with introduction, notes, and interpretive essay

Engels | 170 pagina's | D.S. Brewer, Cambridge | 2012

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Agnes Blannbekin Agnes Blannbekin, Viennese beguine

life and revelations

Engels | 184 pagina's | D.S. Brewer, Cambridge | 2012

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Guidance for women in twelfth-century convents

These translated letters and texts composed for younger and older women in twelfth-century convents illuminate the powerful medieval ideals of virginity and chastity. Abelard's history of women's roles in the church and his letter on women's education, both written for Heloise in her work as abbess, are seen here alongside previously untranslated letters and texts for abbesses and nuns in England and France. An interpretive essay explores the practical and spiritual engagement of women's convents...

Engels | 203 pagina's | D.S. Brewer, Cambridge | 2012

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