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Writing Religious Women

Female Spiritual and Textual Practices in Late Medieval England

by Denis Reveney, Christiania Whitehead

  • Paperback
  • 272 pages
  • Publisher: University of Wales Press
  • 13.8 x 21.6 x 1.4 cm

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This ground breaking volume addresses the question of female spirituality within medieval theological and devotional writings by looking at texts in which women play a significant role, either as authors, recipients, or subjects, and suggests that these texts participate in the expression of 'female vernacular theology'. The volume is organised around four main thematic interests: the influence of anchoritic spirituality upon later lay piety; Carthusian links with female spirituality; the representation of femininity in vernacular religious poetry; and the anchoritic, hagiographical and liturgical influences which underlie the textual representation of Margery Kempe. Writing Religious Women provides critical access to several little-known texts which form interesting connections with Carthusian spirituality; it also resituates better-known texts within the context of vernacular textual practice and production from which they have often been detached. This ground-breaking book is a sustained exploration of a fascinating period of cultural and religious history and contributes to the opening-up of a comparatively neglected area of medieval devotional practice.
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  • Author

    Christiania Whitehead

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    University of Wales Press

  • Published

    November 2000

  • Weight

    400g

  • Page Count

    272

  • Dimensions

    13.8 x 21.6 x 1.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780708316412

  • ISBN-10

    0708316417

  • Eden Code

    1193010

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