Angels and anchoritic culture in Late Medieval England / Joshua S. Easterling.
This volume examines Latin and vernacular writings that formed part of a flourishing culture of mystical experience in the later Middle Ages (ca. 1150-1400), including the ways in which visionaries within their literary milieu negotiated the tensions between personal, charismatic inspiration and the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford studies in medieval literature and culture.
Oxford scholarship online. |
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| Summary: | This volume examines Latin and vernacular writings that formed part of a flourishing culture of mystical experience in the later Middle Ages (ca. 1150-1400), including the ways in which visionaries within their literary milieu negotiated the tensions between personal, charismatic inspiration and their allegiance to church authority. It situates texts written in England within their wider geographical and intellectual context through comparative analyses with contemporary European writings. A recurrent theme across all of these works is the challenge that a largely masculine and clerical culture faced in the form of the various, and potentially unruly, spiritualities that emerged powerfully from the twelfth century onward. |
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| Item Description: | This edition also issued in print: 2021. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations (colour) |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191898372 (ebook) |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oso/9780198865414.001.0001 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 2, 2021) |