Women and Mystical Experience in the Middle Ages

by Frances Beer

Book Overview

Original and thought-provoking study of three medieval women mystics based on writings and biographical material.

A wholly feminine voice within Catholicism-they express the inexpressible better than any amount of rational thinking about God.' THE TIMES
The three women who are the subject of this fascinating study lefta rich legacyof medieval spirituality. Frances Beer explores their writings and draws on available historical evidence to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851153437
• ISBN13: 9780851153438
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"