The women of Helfta : scholars and mystics
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The women of Helfta : scholars and mystics
University of Georgia Press, c1991
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Scholars and mystics
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Rev. ed. of: Scholars and mystics. (Chicago: Regnery, 1962)
Includes bibliographical notes (p. 151-160), bibliography (p. 161-168), and index
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Description
Helfta, a centre of intellectual activity in 13th-century Saxony, was the site of a Cistercian monastery, a religious community that included the mystics Gertrude the Great, Mechtild of Hackeborn and Mechtild of Magdeburg. Originally published in 1962 under the title "Scholars and Mystics", Mary Jeremy Finnegan's study has been revised and updated to reflect recent scholarhip. Described as a pioneering work in the study of medieval women writers, the book focuses on the women of Helfta whose mystical writings - "The Messenger of God's Loving Kindness", "The Book of Special Grace" and "The Flowing Light of Divinity" - have attracted much scholarly attention. These writings are valuable as first-hand accounts of the mystical experiences of the Saxon monastic women. They offer insights into the daily difficulties and challenges faced by a community of women who were able to maintain an atmosphere where learning, courtesy and holiness flourished in one of the stormiest periods of German history.
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