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Record Nr.

UNISA996211772003316

Titolo

The Cambridge companion to medieval English mysticism / / edited by Samuel Fanous and Vincent Gillespie [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-139-80125-2

0-511-97557-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxviii, 309 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge companions to literature

Classificazione

HH 4054

Disciplina

248.2209410902

Soggetti

Mysticism - Great Britain - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Aufsatzsammlung

England

Englisch

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Nicholas Watson -- c. 1080-1215 : culture and history / Brian Patrick McGuire -- c. 1080-1215 : texts / Henrietta Leyser -- 1215-1349 : culture and history / Alastair Minnis -- 1215-1349 : texts / Denis Renevey -- 1349-1412 : culture and history / Jeremy Catto -- 1349-1412 : texts / Roger Ellis and Samuel Fanous -- 1412-1534 : culture and history / Vincent Gillespie -- 1412-1534 : texts / Barry Windeatt -- 1534-1550s : culture and history / James P. Carley and Ann M. Hutchison -- 1534-1550s : texts / James Simpson.

Sommario/riassunto

The widespread view that 'mystical' activity in the Middle Ages was a rarefied enterprise of a privileged spiritual elite has led to isolation of the medieval 'mystics' into a separate, narrowly defined category. Taking the opposite view, this book shows how individual mystical experience, such as those recorded by Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, is rooted in, nourished and framed by the richly distinctive spiritual contexts of the period. Arranged by sections corresponding to historical developments, it explores the primary vernacular texts, their authors, and the contexts that formed the expression and exploration of mystical experiences in medieval England. This is an excellent, insightful introduction to medieval English mystical texts, their authors,



readers and communities. Featuring a guide to further reading and a chronology, the Companion offers an accessible overview for students of literature, history and theology.