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Proving Woman: Female Spirituality and Inquisitional Culture in the Later Middle Ages
Dyan Elliott
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Paperback. Around the year 1215, female mystics and their sacramental devotion were among orthodoxy's sophisticated weapons in the fight against heresy. While studies of sanctity and heresy tend to be undertaken separately, this book brings these two avenues of inquiry together. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HBTB; HRAM7; HRLK2; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
Around the year 1215, female mystics and their sacramental devotion were among orthodoxy's most sophisticated weapons in the fight against heresy. Holy women's claims to be in direct communication with God placed them in positions of unprecedented influence. Yet by the end of the Middle Ages female mystics were frequently mistrusted, derided, and in danger of their lives. The witch hunts were just around the corner. While studies of sanctity and heresy tend to be undertaken separately, Proving Woman brings these two avenues of inquiry together by associating the downward trajectory of holy women with medieval society's progressive reliance on ... Read more
Around the year 1215, female mystics and their sacramental devotion were among orthodoxy's most sophisticated weapons in the fight against heresy. Holy women's claims to be in direct communication with God placed them in positions of unprecedented influence. Yet by the end of the Middle Ages female mystics were frequently mistrusted, derided, and in danger of their lives. The witch hunts were just around the corner. While studies of sanctity and heresy tend to be undertaken separately, Proving Woman brings these two avenues of inquiry together by associating the downward trajectory of holy women with medieval society's progressive reliance on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691118604
SKU
V9780691118604
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About Dyan Elliott
Dyan Elliott is Professor of History and Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University. She is the author of "Spiritual Marriage: Sexual Abstinence in Medieval Wedlock" (Princeton) and "Fallen Bodies: Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages."
Reviews for Proving Woman: Female Spirituality and Inquisitional Culture in the Later Middle Ages
Winner of the 2006 Otto Grundler Award, Western Michigan University, The Medieval Institute Finalist for the 2005 Philip Schaff Prize, The American Society of Church History "By revealing the importance of gender-related issues where we had not seen them, [Dyan Elliot] presents that familiar picture in a new, indeed unfamiliar, light."
John Coakley, American Historical Review
John Coakley, American Historical Review