Essays suggesting new ways of studying the crucial but sometimes difficult range of medieval mystical material. This volume seeks to explore the origins, context and content of the anchoritic and mystical texts produced in England during the Middle Ages and to examine the ways in which these texts m...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Dyas, Dee (HerausgeberIn), Edden, Valerie 1943- (HerausgeberIn), Ellis, Roger 1943- (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge D.S. Brewer 2005
Schriftenreihe:	Christianity and culture
Schlagworte:	Geschichte Geschichte 1100-1500 Christian literature, English (Middle) / History and criticism Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) / England / History and criticism Mysticism / England / History / Middle Ages, 600-1500 Hermits / England Christian literature, English (Middle) / Study and teaching Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) / England / Study and teaching Mysticism / England / History / Middle Ages, 600-1500 / Study and teaching Hermits / England / Study and teaching Mittelenglisch Einsiedler Christliche Literatur Mystik England Aufsatzsammlung
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Zusammenfassung:	Essays suggesting new ways of studying the crucial but sometimes difficult range of medieval mystical material. This volume seeks to explore the origins, context and content of the anchoritic and mystical texts produced in England during the Middle Ages and to examine the ways in which these texts may be studied and taught today. It foregrounds issues of context and interaction, seeking both to position medieval spiritual writings against a surprisingly wide range of contemporary contexts and to face the challenge of making these texts accessible to a wider readership. The contributions, by leading scholars in the field, incorporate historical, literary and theological perspectives and offer critical approaches and background material which will inform both research and teaching. The approaches to Middle English anchoritic and mystical texts suggested in this volume are many and varied. In this they reflect the richness and complexity of the contexts from which these writings emerged. These essays are offered aspart of an ongoing exploration of aspects of medieval spirituality which, while posing a considerable challenge to modern readers, also offer invaluable insights into the interaction between medieval culture and belief. Contributors: E.A. Jones, Dee Dyas, Valerie Edden, Santha Bhattachariji, Denis Renevey, A.C. Spearing, Thomas Bestul, Liz Herbert McAvoy, Barry A. Windeatt, Alexandra Barratt, R.S. Allen, Roger Ellis, Ann M. Hutchison, Marion Glasscoe, Catherine Innes-Parker
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Mar 2023) Anchorites and hermits in historical context / Eddie Jones -- "Wildernesse is anlich lif of ancre wununge" : the wilderness and medieval anchoritic spirituality / Dee Dyas -- The devotional life of the laity in the late Middle Ages / Valerie Edden -- Medieval contemplation and mystical experience / Santha Bhattacharji -- Richard Rolle / Denis Renevey -- Language and its limits : The cloud of unknowing and Pearl / A.C. Spearling -- Walter Hilton / Thomas H. Bestul -- "Be thou, to whom this booke shall come" : Julian of Norwich and her audience, past, present and future / Liz Herbert-McAvoy -- "I use but comownycacyon and good wordys" : teaching and the book of Margery Kempe / Barry Windeatt -- Teaching anchoritic texts : the shock of the old / Alexandra Barratt -- Appendix : The rule of a recluse, from MS Bodley 423 -- Introducing the mystics / R.S. Allen -- Holy fictions : another approach to the Middle English mystics / Roger Ellis -- Women mystics / Ann M. Hutchison -- Contexts for teaching Julian of Norwich / Marion Glasscoe -- Appendix : "Stond wel, moder, under rode"
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 213 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781846153679
DOI:	10.1017/9781846153679