The medieval mystical tradition in England Exeter Symposium VIII : papers read at Charney Manor, July 2011

Mystical writing flourished between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries across Europe and in England, and had a wide influence on religion and spirituality. This volume examines a range of topics within the field. The five "Middle English Mystics" (Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton, the auth...

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Körperschaft: Exeter Symposium < 2011, Charney Manor, England> (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Jones, E. A. 1968- (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Suffolk Boydell & Brewer 2013
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction / E.A. Jones
  • The colours of contemplation : less light on Julian of Norwich / Vincent Gillespie
  • Behold not the cloud of experience / Maggie Ross
  • Walter Hilton on the gift of interpretation of Scripture / Michael G. Sargent
  • Numeracy and number in The Book of Margery Kempe / Christine Cooper-Rompato
  • Religious mystical mothers : Margery Kempe and Caterina Benincasa / David Russell
  • Authority and exemplarity in Henry Suso and Richard Rolle / Steven Rozenski, Jr
  • Mortifying the mind : asceticism, mysticism and Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 114 / Sarah Macmillan
  • The Meditaciones of the Monk of Farne / Christiania Whitehead
  • Envisioning reform : A Revelation of Purgatory and Anchoritic compassioun in the later Middle Ages / Liz Herbert McAvoy
  • Walton's heavenly Boece and the devout translation of transcendence : O qui perpetua pietised / Ian Johnson
  • Reformist devotional reading : the Pore Caitif in British Library, MS Harley 2322 / Nicole R. Rice
  • Richard Whytford, The Golden Epistle, and the mixed life audience / C. Annette Grisé
  • Afterword : future prospects / E.A. Jones