Medieval Holy Women in the Christian Tradition offers the first
wide-ranging study of the remarkable women who contributed to the
efflorescence of female piety and visionary experience in Europe
between 1100 and 1500. This volume offers essays by prominent
scholars in the field which extend the boundaries of our previous
knowledge and understanding of medieval holy women. While some
essays provide new perspectives on the familiar names of the
unofficial canon of mulieres sanctae, many others bring into the
spotlight women less familiar now, but influential in their own
time and richly deserving of scholarly attention. The five general
essays establish a context for understanding the issues affecting
female religious witness in the later Middle Ages. The geographical
arrangement of the volume allows the reader to develop an awareness
of the particular cultural and religious forces in seven different
regions and to recognize how these influenced the writing and
reception of the holy women of that area. Seventeen major figures
have essays devoted exclusively to each of them; in addition, the
survey chapters on each region introduce the reader to many more.
The extensive bibliographies which follow each chapter encourage
further reading and study
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