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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821889003321

Autore

Benedict Kimberley M

Titolo

Empowering collaborations : writing partnerships between religious women and scribes in the Middle Ages / / Kimberley M. Benedict

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-135-87760-2

1-135-87761-0

1-280-17712-8

1-282-37330-7

9786612373305

9786610177127

0-203-95803-9

0-203-49157-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 p.)

Collana

Studies in medieval history and culture ; ; 27

Disciplina

270.5/082

Soggetti

Women mystics - Europe - History - To 1500

Authorship - Collaboration - History - To 1500

Scribes - Europe - History - To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-121) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One Precedents; HISTORICAL PRECEDENTS; SCRIPTURAL PRECEDENTS; MARY'S SIGNIFICANCE FOR BIRGITTA OF SWEDEN; Chapter Two Genre; TREATISES; MEMOIRS; LETTERS; Chapter Three Mediation; COMPETENT SCRIBES; INCOMPETENT SCRIBES; MARGERY KEMPE'S INCOMPETENT SCRIBES; ANGELA OF FOLIGNO'S INCOMPETENT SCRIBES; Chapter Four Sexuality; COLLABORATION BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN; COLLABORATION BETWEEN WOMEN; CATHERINE OF SIENA'S MALE AND FEMALE SCRIBES

Chapter Five Revisionary HistoriesEMOTIONAL PERSPECTIVES; FORMALIST PERSPECTIVES; RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES; FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES; VISUAL PERSPECTIVES; Notes; Works Cited; PRIMARY SOURCES; SECONDARY SOURCES; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This study examines partnerships between medieval women and scribes. Kimberly Benedict argues that medieval female visionaries often play prominent roles in collaboration while their male amanuenses serves as supports and foils.