Listen Daughter: The Speculum Virginum and the Formation of Religious Women in the Middle Ages

by Constant J. Mews

The words 'Listen daughter' (Audi filia, from Psalm 44 in the Latin Vulgate) were frequently used in exhortations to religious women in the twelfth century. This was a period of dramatic growth in the involvement of women in various forms of religious life. While Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) has become widely known in recent years as one of the most eloquent and original voices of the period, she is often seen as a figure in isolation from her...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312240082
• ISBN13: 9780312240080
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"