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The Life of Saint Douceline, a Beguine of Provence - Translated from the Occitan with Introduction, Notes and Interpretive Essay (Paperback)
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The Life of Saint Douceline, a Beguine of Provence - Translated from the Occitan with Introduction, Notes and Interpretive Essay (Paperback)
Series: Library of Medieval Women
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Douceline de Digne, founder of the beguine community of the Ladies
of Roubaud in Provence, was an important woman mystic of her time;
contextual material includes comparison with the beguines of
northern Europe. The Life of Douceline de Digne introduces to an
English-speaking audience a 13th-century woman mystic [d.1274] of
great significance in the study of female spirituality in the
middle ages. Douceline combined an active life of community service
[as Mother of the beguine community the Ladies of Roubaud] with
vigorous mysticism, and was the focus of an intense cult in
Provence after her death. The Life, probably written by Philippa de
Porcellet, a member of Douceline's community in Marseilles, is
complemented by a study of Douceline's importance in terms of her
own spiritual experience, and also as founder and leader of the
community, dedicated followers of Franciscan spirituality; she is
also compared to other holy women of the later middle ages,
especially the beguines of northern Europe.
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