Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 354 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0231134002
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0231508611
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9780231134002
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9780231508612
Series Statement:
Gender, theory, and religion
Content:
In Women, Men, and Spiritual Power, John Coakley explores male-authored narratives of the lives of Catherine of Siena, Hildegard of Bingen, Angela of Foligno, and six other female prophets or mystics of the late Middle Ages. His readings reveal the complex personal and literary relationships between these women and the clerics who wrote about them. Coakley's work also undermines simplistic characterizations of male control over women, offering an important contribution to medieval religious history. Coakley shows that these male-female relationships were marked by a funda
Content:
9. Managing Holiness Raymond of Capua and Catherine of Siena10. Revelation and Authority Revisited John Marienwerder on Dorothy of Montau; 11. Authority and Female Sanctity: Conclusions; NOTES; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index
Content:
Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: "You Draw Us After You"; 1. The Powers of Holy Women; 2. Revelation and Authority in Ekbert and Elisabeth of Schönau; 3. A Shared Endeavor? Guibert of Gembloux on Hildegard of Bingen; 4. James of Vitry and the Other World of Mary of Oignies; 5. Self and Saint Peter of Dacia on Christine of Stommeln; 6. Hagiography and Theology in the Memorial of Angela of Foligno; 7. The Limits of Religious Authority Margaret of Cortona and Giunta Bevegnati; 8. Hagiography in Process Henry of Nördlingen and Margaret Ebner
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-344) and index
,
In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0231134002
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231134002
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Coakley, John Wayland Women, men, and spiritual power New York : Columbia University Press, ©2006
Language:
English
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