Mechthild of Magdeburg and her book : gender and the making of textual authority

Mechthild of Magdeburg and her book : gender and the making of textual authority / Sara S. Poor.

Sometime around 1230, a young woman left her family and traveled to the German city of Magdeburg to devote herself to worship and religious contemplation. Rather than living in a community of holy women, she chose isolation, claiming that this life would bring her closer to God. Even in her lifetime...

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Main Author: Poor, Sara S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2004.
Series:Middle Ages series.
Subjects:
Mechthild, > of Magdeburg, > approximately 1212-approximately 1282. > Fliessende Licht der Gottheit.
Mechthild, > of Magdeburg, > ca. 1212-ca. 1282. > Fliessende Licht der Gottheit.
Fliessende Licht der Gottheit (Mechthild, of Magdeburg)
Women mystics > Biography.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Women mystics
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
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