Introduction -- 1. The spirituality of regular canons in the twelfth century -- 2. The Cistercian conception of community -- 3. Did the twelfth century discover the individual? -- 4. Jesus as mother and abbot as mother: some themes in twelfth-century Cistercian writing -- 5. Women mystics in the thirteenth century: the case of the nuns of Helfta -- Appendix: Monastic and canonical treatises of practical spiritual advice
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God (Christianity) Motherhood History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500
Monastic and religious life History Middle Ages, 600-1500
Spiritual life Christianity History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500
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