| Description |
199 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Kym Harris -- Heloise and Hildegard : re-visioning religious life in the twefth century / Constant J. Mews -- Heloise : La tres sage abbess of the Paraclete / Deirdre Stone -- Portraying the prophet : the role of autobiography in the writings of Hildegard of Bingen / Kym Harris -- Hildegard of Bingen as prophet : the evidence of her contemporaries / Sabina Flanagan -- Seeing is believing : Hildegard of Bingen and the Life of Jutta, Scivias, and the Commentary on the Rule of Benedict / Constant J. Mews -- Mutual interplay : body and soul in the theology of Hildegard of Bingen / Julie S. Barton -- Beatrice of Nazreth (1200-1268) : Cistercian mystic / Michael Casey -- The seven modes of love / Beatrice of Nazareth; translated by Michael Casey -- Gertrude of Helfta and Bernard of Clairvaux : a reappraisal / Michael Casey |
| Summary |
A series of essay on Heloise, Hildegard of Bingen, Beatrice of Nazareth and Gertrude the Great |
| Analysis |
Beatrijs, van Tienen, approximately 1200-1268 |
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Benedictines |
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Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164 |
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Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179 |
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Monasticism and religious orders for women |
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Monasticism and religious orders for women - Great Britain - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
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Women in Christianity - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
| Notes |
"From Tjurunga, the Australasian Benedictine Review"--t.p |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Beatrijs, van Tienen, approximately 1200-1268.
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Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164.
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Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179.
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Benedictines.
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Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Great Britain -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Monasticism and religious orders for women.
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| Author |
Harris, Kym
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Benedictine Union of Australia and New Zealand
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| ISBN |
0646400886 |
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