An anthology of women's writings drawn from the 12th century to the 14th century, this collection includes letters, hymns, practical advice, rules for nuns, accounts of visions and revelations, prayers, dialogues and autobiographical writings. Each woman mystic is introduced separately, and the diverse material shows both the intelligence, originality and profound devotion of the women authors, and how their position as women affected their work. The women writers include: Heloise; Christina of Markyate; Hildegard of Bingen; Beatrijs of Nazareth; Hadewijch of Brabant; Clare of Assisi; Angela di Foligno; Catherine of Siena; Margery Kempe; and Julian of Norwich.
- ISBN10 0264673859
- ISBN13 9780264673851
- Publish Date 26 September 1996 (first published 11 June 1996)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 June 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Mowbray
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English