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Subject(s)

• Women mystics [Browse]
• Authority—Religious aspects—Catholic Church [Browse]
• Power (Christian theology) [Browse]
• Church history—Middle Ages, 600-1500 [Browse]
• Monasticism and religious orders [Browse]

Summary note

In Women, Men, and Spiritual Power, John Coakley explores male-authored narratives of the lives of Catherine of Siena, Hildegard of Bingen, Angela of Foligno, and six other female prophets or mystics of the late Middle Ages. His readings reveal the complex personal and literary relationships between these women and the clerics who wrote about them. Coakley's work also undermines simplistic characterizations of male control over women, offering an important contribution to medieval religious history. Coakley shows that these male-female relationships were marked by a funda.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-344) and index.

Source of description

Print version record.

ISBN

• 0231508611 ((electronic bk.))
• 9780231508612 ((electronic bk.))

LCCN

2005053783

OCLC

64394427

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