|
Product Description
Biographies, poetic compositions, works that are mystical, prophetic, visionary, or meditative: the selections here reflect the developments in medieval piety, particularly in the link between female spirituality and the body. Included are the dramatic visionary writings of Hildegard of Bingen; letters and poems by Hadewijch expressing passionate love for God; and Marguerite Porete's allegorical poem "The Mirror of Simple Souls," a dialogue between Love and Soul that was condemned as heretical. Also included are biographies written by male ecclesiastics of women such as Christine the Astonishing, whose extraordinary behavior included being resurrected at her own funeral; revelations received by Bridget of Sweden, the first woman to found a religious order; and excerpts from The Book of Margery Kempe, in which Margery imagines herself as a servant caring for the Virgin Mary in her childhood.This volume, edited by Elizabeth Spearing, who also prepared some of the translations, features a rich introduction to the lives and religious experiences of its subjects, as well as full explanatory notes.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
- The Cistercian World: Monastic Writings of the Twelfth Century (Penguin Classics)
- Isle of the Saints: Monastic Settlement and Christian Community in Early Ireland
- Medieval Saints: A Reader (Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures)
- A Benedictine Reader: 530-1530 (Volume 275) (Cistercian Studies)
- Bernard of Clairvaux: Selected Works (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics)
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism (Cambridge Companions to Religion)
- RB 1980: The Rule of St. Benedict in English
- Prayers and Meditations of St. Anselm with the Proslogion (Penguin Classics)
- The Middle Ages: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
- The Life of Christina of Markyate (Oxford World's Classics)
*If this is not the "Medieval Writings on Female Spirituality (Penguin Classics)" product you were looking for, you can check the other results by clicking this link. Details were last updated on Dec 24, 2024 09:33 +08.