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Medieval women's visionary literature

by Petroff Elizabeth.

Synopsis

These pages capture a thousand years of medieval women's visionary writing, from late antiquity to the 15th century. Written by hermits, recluses, wives, mothers, wandering teachers, founders of religious communities, and reformers, the selections reveal how medieval women felt about theirlives, the kind of education they received, how they perceived the religion of their time, and why ascetic life attracted them.

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Book Information

Copyright year 1986
ISBN-13 9780195037128
ISBN-10 019503712X
Class Copyright
Publisher Oxford Univ. Press
Subject LITERARY CRITICISM
File Size 0 MB
Number of Pages 0
Shelf No. DF709
Lexile 1370L