Laura Swan

Broschiertes Buch

The Wisdom of the Beguines

The Forgotten Story of a Medieval Women's Movement

Beschreibung

Among the beguines were celebrated spiritual writers and mystics, including Mechthild of Magdeburg, Beatrijs of Nazareth, Hadewijch, and Marguerite Porete-who was condemned as a heretic and burned at the stake in Paris in 1310. She was not the only beguine suspected of heresy, and often politics were the driving force behind such charges.

Autor

Laura Swan has for many years studied and written about the history of women’s spirituality and the monastic life. She is the associate editor of Magistra: A Journal of Women’s Spirituality in History and adjunct professor of religious studies at Saint Martin’s University in Washington State. A member and former prioress of St. Placid Priory, a community of Benedictine women in the Pacific Northwest, her books include The Forgotten Desert Mothers and Engaging Benedict.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: BlueBridge
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 136mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 252g
• ISBN-13: 9781629190082
• ISBN-10: 162919008X
• Artikelnr.: 43751023