Gendered voices: medieval saints and their interpreters

Voice, gender, and the portrayal of sanctity / Catherine M. Mooney -- Hildegard and her hagiographers: the remaking of female sainthood / Barbara Newman -- Holy woman or unworthy vessel? The representations of Elisabeth of Sch(c)œnau / Anne L. Clark -- Imitatio Christi or imitatio Mariae? Clare of A...

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Contributors: Mooney, Catherine M. (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Philadelphia, Pa. University of Pennsylvania Press 1999
In:Year: 1999
Reviews:REVIEWS (2001) (Ward, Benedicta)
Gendered Voices: Medieval Saints and Their Interpreters. Catherine Mooney (2001) (Pick, Lucy K.)
Series/Journal:The middle ages series
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Female saint / Hagiography
B Middle Ages
Further subjects:B Christian hagiography
B Collection of essays
B Church History Middle Ages, 600-1500 Historiography
B Bibliography
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Summary:Voice, gender, and the portrayal of sanctity / Catherine M. Mooney -- Hildegard and her hagiographers: the remaking of female sainthood / Barbara Newman -- Holy woman or unworthy vessel? The representations of Elisabeth of Sch(c)œnau / Anne L. Clark -- Imitatio Christi or imitatio Mariae? Clare of Assisi and her interpreters / Catherine M. Mooney -- Inside out: Beatrice of Nazareth and her hagiographer / Amy Hollywood -- A marriage and its observer: Christine of Stommeln, the heavenly bridegroom, and Friar Peter of Dacia / John Coakley -- Henry Suso and Elsbeth Stagel: was the Vita a cooperative effort? / Frank Tobin -- Mystical death, bodily death: Catherine of Siena and Raymond of Capua on the mystic's encounter with God / Karen Scott -- Authorizing a life: the collaboration of Dorothea of Montau and John Marienwerder / Dyan Elliott -- Notes -- The saints and their interpreters: selected primary sources in original languages
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0812234855