UID:
almafu_9958352460502883
Format:
1 online resource :
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8 illus.
ISBN:
9780812200263
Series Statement:
The Middle Ages Series
Content:
"Barbara Newman has written an erudite and wonderful book. . . . From Virile Woman to WomanChrist should be required reading in every university-level women's studies course."—Caroline Walker Bynum, The Catholic Historical Review
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Illustrations --
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Introduction --
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1. Flaws in the Golden Bowl: Gender and Spiritual Formation in the Twelfth Century --
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2. Authority, Authenticity, and the Repression of Heloise --
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3. "Crueel Corage": Child Sacrifice and the Maternal Martyr in Hagiography and Romance --
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4. On the Threshold of the Dead: Purgatory, Hell, and Religious Women --
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5. La mystique courtoise: Thirteenth- Century Beguines and the Art of Love --
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6. Woman Spirit, Woman Pope --
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Epilogue --
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Abbreviations --
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Notes --
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Appendix A: Religious Literature of Formation, 1075-1225 --
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Appendix E: Glossary of Religious Women --
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Works Cited --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812200263
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812200263
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812200263
