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Feminine Figurae Representations of Gender in Religious Texts by Medieval German Women Writers, 1100-1475
By Rebecca L.R. Garber
Copyright 2003
314 Pages
by
Routledge
314 Pages
by
Routledge
314 Pages
by
Routledge
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This work offers an examination of religious texts written by twelve women over three centuries in two languages and three genres, showing the variety and complexity of gendered images available to medieval women. Moving beyond the categories of virgin, wife and widow, these religious texts created a spectrum of exemplary feminine life-paths based not on marital status, age, social rank, or... Read more
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Veiled Individuals CHAPTER 1 Women's Genres, Women's Authority CHAPTER 2 Where is the Body? Imitibility in Hildegard's Images of Eve and Mary CHAPTER 3 Invented Communities, Idealizing the Past: Redefining Monastic Ideals in the Dominican Sister-Books Interlude: Personal Revelations: Re-Living the Model, In-Scribing the Self CHAPTER 4 Margaretha Ebner: Illness in the Service of God CHAPTER 5 adelheid Langmann: Bride of God, Beloved of Christ Postlude: Personal Revelations: Generic Imitation and Expansion CONCLUSION Varied Ideals NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
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Rebecca L. R. Garber
