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Bezig met laden... Listen, Daughter: The Speculum Virginum and the Formation of Religious Women in the Middle Ages (The New Middle Ages)door Constant J. Mews
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. The Speculum Virginum, or Mirror of Virgins, is a 12th century devotional text which has recently become the subject of renewed scholarly interest. It consists of a dialogue between a monk, Peregrinus, and a nun, Theodora, in which the two characters debate the nature of religious life, and the true meaning and worth of virginity. This collection of essays looks at a variety of issues related to the Speculum—the vexed issue of its authorship; its genre and purpose; the (gendered?) views it expresses about virginity; its unusual Mariology—and points to a readership different from the one traditionally assumed. That the text is about women and women's concerns does not mean it was intended solely for women to read—most known texts come from male religious communities, and the Speculum Virginum formed part of an ongoing dialogue between male and female religious. Probably of interest only to an academic audience—but for that audience, recommended. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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The words 'Listen daughter' (Audi filia, from Psalm 44 in the Latin Vulgate) were frequently used in exhortations to religious women in the twelfth century. This was a period of dramatic growth in the involvement of women in various forms of religious life. While Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) has become widely known in recent years as one of the most eloquent and original voices of the period, she is often seen as a figure in isolation from her context. She lived at a time of much questioning of traditional models of religious life, by women as well as by men. This volume introduces readers to a range of strategies provoked by the growth in women's participation in religious life in one form or another, as well as to male responses to this development. In particular, it looks at the 'Mirror for Virgins' (Speculum Virginum), an illustrated dialogue between a nun and her spiritual mentor written by a monk not long before Hildegard started to record her visions. While this treatise engages in dialogue with a fictional virgin, other writings present women (not just Hildegard) as teaching both women and men. An appendix will provide the first English translation of significant excerpts from the Speculum, as well as from other little known texts about religious women from the age of Hildegard. The underlying concern of this volume is to examine new ways in which religious life for women was conceived by men as well as interpreted in practice by women within a society firmly patriarchal in character. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)271.9Religions History, geographic treatment, biography of Christianity Religious Congregations and Orders in Church history Orders of WomenLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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