RT Article
T1 The Trinitarian and Christological Minnemystik of the Flemish beguine Hadewijch of Antwerp (fl. 1240)
JF HTS teologiese studies
VO 76
IS 1
A1 Beukes, Johann
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1946158607
AB This article provides an original reappraisal of the notion of Minnemystik in the work of the 13th-century Flemish beguine Hadewijch of Antwerp (fl. 1240), with specific reference to its Trinitarian and Christological orientations. After an introduction to the nature and origins of Hadewijch’s work, relating to the discovery of four extant manuscripts (MS.A [2879–2880], MS.B [2877–2878], BS.C and the incomplete MS.D [385 II]) in Belgium in 1838, followed by an elucidation of the experience-driven epistemology of the Victorians Richard of St Victor (d. 1173) and Hugo of St Victor (1079–1141) as her key early scholastic influences, Hadewijch’s Minnemystik is distinguished from Wesenmystik, as encountered in the mystical work of her French contemporary and beguine counterpart, Marguerite Porete (1250–1310). From this discursive basis, Hadewijch’s Minnemystik is reassessed and represented as pertinently Trinitarian and Christological in orientation, and therefore as a theological (and not merely an enticing ‘mystical-sexual’) presentation from the 13th century.
K1 Minne
K1 Marguerite Porete (1250–1310)
K1 Msd (385 Ii)
K1 Bsc
K1 Msb (2877–2878)
K1 Manuscripts MSA (2879–2880)
K1 Koninklijke Bibliotheek België
K1 Hugo of St Victor (1079–1141)
K1 Hadewijch of Antwerp (fl 1240)
K1 Experience-Driven Epistemology
K1 Beguine Spirituality
DO 10.4102/hts.v76i1.5865