Proving Woman Female Spirituality and Inquisitional Culture in the Later Middle Ages

Name: Proving Woman Female Spirituality and Inquisitional Culture in the Later Middle Ages
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ISBN: 9780691118604

ISBN-10: 0691118604

ISBN-13: 9780691118604

Edition: 2004

Authors: Dyan Elliott

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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 Womanbrings these two avenues of inquiry together by associating the downward trajectory of holy women with medieval society's progressive reliance on the inquisitional procedure. Inquisition was soon…

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List price: $53.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 4/18/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.17" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction



Sacramental Confession as Proof of Orthodoxy



Women as Proof of Orthodoxy



The Beguines: A Sponsored Emergence



Elisabeth of Hungary: Between Men



Inquisitions and Proof



Sanctity, Heresy, and Inquisition



Between Two Deaths: The Living Mystic



The Discernment of Spirits



Clerical Quibbles



John Gerson and Joan of Arc


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index