Women Mystics in Medieval Europe

by Georgette Epiney-Burgard and Emilie Zum Brunn

Book Overview

Women Mystics in Medieval Europe revives the exquisite mystical literature of five powerful mystics of the Middle Ages: a Benedictine abbess, a Cistercian prioress, and three Beguines. The lost story of feminine Christianity is here enriched for the first time by the historical context of each woman's life and her fresh literary expression of spiritual reality. Hildegard of Bingen, Hadewijch of Antwerp, Beatrice of Nazareth, Mechthild of Magdeburg,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557781966
• ISBN13: 9781557781963
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"