Delightful Fruits and Bitter Weeds: Textual Consumption and Spiritual Identity in The Orcherd of Syon
Prologues at the beginning of The Orcherd of Syon, which reimagine sCatherine of Siena’s Dialogo as a garden through which readers stroll, promote a material understanding of reading rooted in a complex notion of what occurred when devout readers encountered contemplative texts. These horticultural...
| Published in: | Journal of medieval religious cultures |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penn State Univ. Press
2022
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Journal of medieval religious cultures
Year: 2022, Volume: 48, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-67 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages KBA Western Europe |
| Further subjects: | B
Birgitta of Sweden
B DEVOTIONAL READING B The Orcherd of Syon B female mysticism B Catherine of Siena B Syon Abbey |
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| Summary: | Prologues at the beginning of The Orcherd of Syon, which reimagine sCatherine of Siena’s Dialogo as a garden through which readers stroll, promote a material understanding of reading rooted in a complex notion of what occurred when devout readers encountered contemplative texts. These horticultural metaphors merit careful attention because they align Birgittine meditative reading with broader approaches among female religious toward food practice, the material world, and imitatio. Drawing these discourses together, The Orcherd, this article argues, offers readers an opportunity to communicate directly with God in a way akin to visionaries and prophets. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-9650 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of medieval religious cultures
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