The Cambridge companion to medieval English mysticism / edited by Samuel Fanous and Vincent Gillespie.

Contributor(s): Fanous, Samuel, 1962- | Gillespie, Vincent, 1954-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge companionsPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011Description: xxviii, 309 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780521618649; 0521618649; 9780521853439; 0521853435Subject(s): Geschichte 1080-1560 | Mysticism -- Great Britain -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500Genre/Form: Aufsatzsammlung.DDC classification: 248.2209410902 LOC classification: BV5077.G7 | C36 2011Other classification: HH 4054 Online resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description

Contents:

Introduction / Nicholas Watson -- c. 1080-1215 : culture and history / Brian Patrick McGuire -- c. 1080-1215 : texts / Henrietta Leyser -- 1215-1349 : culture and history / Alastair Minnis -- 1215-1349 : texts / Denis Renevey -- 1349-1412 : culture and history / Jeremy Catto -- 1349-1412 : texts / Roger Ellis and Samuel Fanous -- 1412-1534 : culture and history / Vincent Gillespie -- 1412-1534 : texts / Barry Windeatt -- 1534-1550s : culture and history / James P. Carley and Ann M. Hutchison -- 1534-1550s : texts / James Simpson.

Summary: "The widespread view that mystical activity in the Middle Ages was a rarefied enterprise of a privileged spiritual elite has led to the isolation of the medieval mystics into a separate, narrowly defined category. Taking the opposite view, this book shows how individual mystical experiences, such as those recorded by Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, are rooted in, nourished, and framed by the richly distinctive spiritual contexts of the period. Arranged by sections corresponding to historical developments, it explores the primary vernacular texts, their authors, and the contexts that formed the expression and exploration of mystical experiences in medieval England."--

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-289) and index.

"The widespread view that mystical activity in the Middle Ages was a rarefied enterprise of a privileged spiritual elite has led to the isolation of the medieval mystics into a separate, narrowly defined category. Taking the opposite view, this book shows how individual mystical experiences, such as those recorded by Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, are rooted in, nourished, and framed by the richly distinctive spiritual contexts of the period. Arranged by sections corresponding to historical developments, it explores the primary vernacular texts, their authors, and the contexts that formed the expression and exploration of mystical experiences in medieval England."--

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