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The women of Helfta : scholars and mystics / Mary Jeremy Finnegan.
Author
Finnegan, Mary Jeremy, 1907-1999
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©1991.
Description
xii, 171 pages ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
BX4667 .F55 1991
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Subject(s)
Mysticism
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Germany
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Eisleben
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History
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Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Learning and scholarship
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History
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Medieval, 500-1500
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Women mystics
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Germany
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Eisleben
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Biography
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Nuns
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Germany
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Eisleben
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Biography
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Eisleben (Germany)
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Church history
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Eisleben (Germany)
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Biography
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Helfta (Convent : Eisleben, Germany)
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Gertrude the Great, Saint 1256-1302
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Mechthild of Magdeburg approximately 1212-approximately 1282
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Mechthild of Hackeborn 1241 or 1242-1299?
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Finnegan, Mary Jeremy, 1907-1999.
Scholars and mystics.
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Summary note
Helfta, a centre of intellectual activity in 13th-century Saxony, was the site of a Cistercian monastery, a religious community that included the mystics Gertrude the Great, Mechtild of Hackeborn and Mechtild of Magdeburg. Originally published in 1962 under the title "Scholars and Mystics", Mary Jeremy Finnegan's study has been revised and updated to reflect recent scholarhip. Described as a pioneering work in the study of medieval women writers, the book focuses on the women of Helfta whose mystical writings - "The Messenger of God's Loving Kindness", "The Book of Special Grace" and "The Flowing Light of Divinity" - have attracted much scholarly attention. These writings are valuable as first-hand accounts of the mystical experiences of the Saxon monastic women. They offer insights into the daily difficulties and challenges faced by a community of women who were able to maintain an atmosphere where learning, courtesy and holiness flourished in one of the stormiest periods of German history. -- Amazon.com.
Notes
Rev. ed. of: Scholars and mystics. 1962.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-168) and index.
ISBN
0820312916 ((alk. paper))
9780820312910 ((alk. paper))
LCCN
90039089
OCLC
21677723
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