The Writings of Margaret of Oingt: Medieval Prioress and Mystic (Library of Medieval Women) - Softcover

Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Renate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0859914429 ISBN 13: 9780859914420

Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2000

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Margaret of Oingt was born around 1240 into a noble family in the French Beaujolais region, and became prioress of the Carthusian charterhouse of Poletains; visionary and mystic, her writings are intelligent and humorous. Included here are the Page of Meditations, on sin and salvation; the Mirror, a vision of Christ; the Life of the Virgin Saint Beatrice of Ornacieux, an exemplary text; and letters and stories, including comments on her problems as prioress. They are translated from the Latin and Francoprovencal with an introduction, notes, and interpretative essay.

Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski is Chair, Department of French and Italian, and Professor of French, at the University of Pittsburgh.

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Translated from the Latin and Francoprovencal with an introduction, notes, and interpretative essay. Margaret of Oingt was born around 1240 into a noble family in the French Beaujolais region, and became prioress of the Carthusian charterhouse of Poletains; visionary and mystic, her writings are intelligent and humorous. Included here are the Page of Meditations, on sin and salvation; the Mirror, a vision of Christ; the Life of the Virgin Saint Beatrice of Ornacieux, an exemplary text; and letters and stories, including comments on her problems as prioress.MARKET GeneralMedieval studies: Intellectual and spiritual life, Women in European culture; History of Western thought; Women's studies

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• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0859914429
• ISBN 13: 9780859914420
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 96