In the Christian tradition, especially in the works of Paul,
Augustine, and the exegetes of the Middle Ages, the body is a
twofold entity consisting of inner and outer persons that promises
to find its true materiality in a time to come. A potentially
transformative vehicle, it is a dynamic mirror that can reflect the
work of the divine within and substantially alter its own
materiality if receptive to divine grace.
The writings of Hadewijch of Brabant, a thirteenth-century
beguine, engage with this tradition in sophisticated ways both
singular to her mysticism and indicative of the theological milieu
of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Crossing linguistic and
historical boundaries, Patricia Dailey connects the embodied
poetics of Hadewijch's visions, writings, and letters to the work
of Julian of Norwich, Hildegard of Bingen, Marguerite of Oingt, and
other mystics and visionaries. She establishes new criteria to more
consistently understand and assess the singularity of women's
mystical texts and, by underscoring the similarities between men's
and women's writings of the time, collapses traditional conceptions
of gender as they relate to differences in style, language,
interpretative practices, forms of literacy, and uses of
textuality.
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