The Medieval Mystical Tradition in England
E A Jones (Hrsg.)
Belletristik / Essays, Feuilleton, Literaturkritik, Interviews
Beschreibung
The series has from the beginning been instrumental in sustaining this field of study. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY
The rich tradition of pre-modern mystical writing from England is explored in this collection of essays from the ninth Exeter Symposium. The twelve chapters include studies of Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe and the author of
The Cloud of Unknowing. There is work, too, on less familiar authors and texts, from the thirteenth-century
Wooing Group to the sixteenth-century Carthusian Richard Methley; the English reception of continental mystics such as Bridget of Sweden and Mechthild of Hackeborn; and writers treading (and sometimes crossing) the line between mysticism and heresy. The authors employ a range of approaches, from detailed manuscript study to mystical theology, and from material culture to comparative mysticism.
Chapters 10 and 11 are available as Open Access under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC-ND.
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Bridget of Sweden, Medieval Mysticism, Walter Hilton, Margery Kempe, England, Richard Methley, Mechthild of Hackeborn, Mystical Theology, Richard Rolle, Wooing Group, The Cloud of Unknowing, Julian of Norwich