Women and Mystical Experience in the Middle Ages

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Author: Frances Beer

ISBN-10: 0851153437

ISBN-13: 9780851153438

Category: Mystics - Biography

'A wholly feminine voice within Catholicism—they express the inexpressible better than any amount of rational thinking about God.' THE TIMESThe three women who are the subject of this fascinating study lefta rich legacy of medieval spirituality. Frances Beer explores theirwritings and draws on available historical evidence to bring the experience of all three women closer to a 20th-century audience. She sees Hildegard's perception of her Creator as informed by the heroic ideal, while...

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Original and thought—provoking study of three medieval women mystics based on writings and biographical material.