Medieval women's visionary literature

By Elizabeth Petroff

Subjects: Women authors, Literature, medieval, English Christian literature, Biography, Women, Frauenmystik, Visioenenliteratuur, Femmes, Geistliche Literatur, Vie spirituelle, Biographies, Littérature chrétienne anglaise, Frauenliteratur, Religious life, Spiritual life, Mujeres como autoras, Aufsatzsammlung, Literature, women authors, Anthologie, Vrouwen, Addresses, essays, lectures, Christian literature, Christian women, Literatura religiosa, Biographies chrétiennes, History of doctrines, Frau, Christianity, Historia y crítica, Europe, Christliche Literatur, History, Women and literature, Histoire des doctrines, Christian biography, Colecciones

Description: These pages capture a thousand years of medieval women's visionary writing, from late antiquity to the 15th century. Written by hermits, recluses, wives, mothers, wandering teachers, founders of religious communities, and reformers, the selections reveal how medieval women felt about their lives, the kind of education they received, how they perceived the religion of their time, and why ascetic life attracted them.