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Author Elliott, Dyan, 1954- author.

Title Proving woman : female spirituality and inquisitional culture in the later Middle Ages / Dyan Elliott
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 350 pages)
Contents Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Sacramental Confession as Proof of Orthodoxy; PART ONE: Women as Proof of Orthodoxy; CHAPTER TWO: The Beguines: A Sponsored Emergence; CHAPTER THREE: Elisabeth of Hungary: Between Men; PART TWO: Inquisitions and Proof; CHAPTER FOUR: Sanctity, Heresy, and Inquisition; CHAPTER FIVE: Between Two Deaths: The Living Mystic; PART THREE: The Discernment of Spirits; CHAPTER SIX: Clerical Quibbles; CHAPTER SEVEN: John Gerson and Joan of Arc; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
Summary Around the year 1215, female mystics and their sacramental devotion were among orthodoxy's most sophisticated weapons in the fight against heresy. Holy women's claims to be in direct communication with God placed them in positions of unprecedented influence. Yet by the end of the Middle Ages female mystics were frequently mistrusted, derided, and in danger of their lives. The witch hunts were just around the corner. While studies of sanctity and heresy tend to be undertaken separately, Proving Woman brings these two avenues of inquiry together by associating the downward trajectory of holy wom
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Women -- Religious life -- History
Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Mysticism -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Women mystics -- Europe
Heresy -- History -- To 1500
Inquisition.
Women.
Women -- Religious life.
Mysticism -- history
Women
women (female humans)
RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
Women
Church history -- Middle Ages
Heresy
Inquisition
Mysticism -- Middle Ages
Women mystics
Women -- Religious life
Häresie
Spiritualität
Frauenmystik
Inquisition
Frau
Vrouwen.
Mystiek.
Inquisitie.
Ketterij.
femme -- orthodoxie (conformité doctrinale) -- spiritualité -- Moyen-Âge (Bas) -- 13e s. -- 15e s. (1ère moitié)
femme -- mystique chrétienne -- orthodoxie (conformité doctrinale) -- Moyen-Âge (Bas) -- 13e s. -- 15e s. (1ère moitié)
femme -- hérésie -- inquisition -- sainteté -- Moyen-Âge (Bas) -- 13e s. -- 15e s. (1ère moitié)
Europe
Genre/Form History
Annotations (Provenance)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400826025
1400826020