About which we want to speak now: Beatrice of Nazareth's Reason for Writing Uan seuen manieren van heileger minnen
The fact that the medieval Cistercian nun Beatrice of Nazareth is known today as a well-established Middle Dutch female writer is mainly the result of the identification of an anonymous mystical treatise, Uan seuen manieren van heileger minnen (On seven manners of holy love), as a work of Beatrice....
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Penn State Univ. Press
[2016]
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Journal of medieval religious cultures
Year: 2016, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 143-163 |
IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KCA Monasticism; religious orders KCD Hagiography; saints |
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Summary: | The fact that the medieval Cistercian nun Beatrice of Nazareth is known today as a well-established Middle Dutch female writer is mainly the result of the identification of an anonymous mystical treatise, Uan seuen manieren van heileger minnen (On seven manners of holy love), as a work of Beatrice. The aim of this article is to make a fresh start with this short text. After discussing a number of problematic views that have been put forward by previous scholars, it examines the main features in Uan seuen manieren van heileger minnen that reveal its rationale as a text. This analysis underpins the view of Beatrice as a self-conscious mystical author and a teacher. |
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ISSN: | 2153-9650 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of medieval religious cultures
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/jmedirelicult.42.2.0143 |