In deze bundel zijn de volgende bijdragen opgenomen: Introduction : Meister Eckhart and the Beguines in the context of vernacular theology / door Bernard McGinn, Hadewijch and Eckhart : amor intellegere est / door Saskia Murk-Jensen; The wilderness of God in Hadewijch II and Meister Eckhart and his circle / door Paul A. Dietrich; Mechthild of Magdeburg and Meister Eckhart : points of comparison / door Frank Tobin; Marguerite Porete and Meister Eckhardt : The mirror for simple souls mirrored / door Maria Lichtmann; Suffereing transformed : Marguerite Porete, Meister Eckhart, and the problem of women's spirituality / door Amy Hollywood; The pseudo-woman and the Meister : unsaying and essentialism / door Michael Sells; Conclusion : women and men in the development of late medieval mysticism / door Richard Woods.