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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction: The Visionary Tradition in Women's Writings: Dialogue and Autobiography | |
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| Women in the Early Church: St. Perpetua and St. Macrina | |
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| St. Perpetua (died Carthage, C A.D. 203): The Passion of Ss. Perpetua and Felcitas | |
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| St. Macrina (c. A.D. 327-379, Cappadocia, Greece): The Life of St. Macrina, by St. Gregory of Nyssa | |
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| Holy Women and the Christianizing of Europe: Hugeberc of Hildesheim, St. Leoba, and Hrotsvit of Gandersheim | |
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| Hugeberc of Hildesheim (8th Century A.D; Born Wessex; Died Germany): The Hodoeporicon of St. Willibald | |
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| St. Leoba (c. A.D. 700-779; Born Wessex; Died Germany): The Life of St. Leoba, by Rudolf, Monk of Fulda | |
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| Hrotsvit of Gandersheim (c. A.D. 932-C. A.D. 1000; Germany): Pelagius | |
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| Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: Abraham | |
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| Visionaries of the Early Twelfth Century: Christina of Markyate, Hildegard of Bingen, and St. Elisabeth of Sch�nau | |
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| Christina of Markyate (1096-8-1160; England): Of S. Theodora, a Virgin, Who is Also Called Christina | |
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| Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179; Germany): The Visions of St. Hildegarde: Extracts from the Scivias | |
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| Hildegard of Bingen: Liturgical Songs | |
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| St. Elisabeth of Sch�nau (1129-1165; Germany): Visions -- Book Two | |
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| New Styles of Feminine Spirituality -- the Beguine Movement: Marie D'Oignies, Christina Mirabilis, Hadewijch of Brabant, and Beatrijs of Nazareth | |
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| Marie D'Oignies (1177-1213; Brabant-Flanders): The Life of Marie D'Oignies, by Jacques De Vitry | |
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| Christina Mirabilis (1150-1224; Brabant-Flanders): The Life of Christina of St. Trond, Called Christina Mirabilis, by Thomas De Cantimpr� | |
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| Hadewijch of Brabant (first Half of Thirteenth Century; Antwerp): Letters to a Young Beguine | |
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| Hadewijch of Brabant: Visions | |
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| Beatrijs of Nazareth (c. 1200-1268; Antwerp): There Are Seven Manners of Loving | |
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| Beguine Spirituality and the Convent of Helfta: Mechthild of Magdeburg and St. Gertrude the Great | |
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| Mechthild of Magdeburg (1207-1282; Germany): Selections from the Flowing Light of the Godhead | |
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| St. Gertrude the Great (1241-1298; Germany): Part II of the Revelations of St. Gertrude | |
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| Conclusion of This Book | |
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| Women and Spirituality in Medieval Italy St. Clare of Assisi, St. Agnes of Assisi, St. Umilit� of Faenza, Blessed Angela of Foligno, and St. Catherine of Siena | |
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| St. Clare of Assisi (1196-1253; Italy): The Testament of St. Clare | |
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| St. Agnes of Assisi (1198-1254; Italy): Letter to St. Clare | |
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| St. Umilt� of Faenza (1126-1310; Italy): Sermons | |
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| Blessed Angela of Foligno (1248-1309; Italy) from the Liber De Vere Fidelium Experientia: (the Book of the Experience of the Truly Faithful) | |
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| St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380; Italy): Letters | |
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| Women, Heresy, and Holiness in Early Fourteenth-Century France: Na Prous Boneta, Marguerite D'Oingt, and Marguerite Porete | |
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| Na Prous Boneta (1290-1325; Carcassone, France): The Confession of Na Prous Boneta, Heretic and Heresiarch, Carcassone, France, 6 August 1325 | |
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| Marguerite D'Oingt (died 1310; Poleteins Near Lyon): The Mirror of St. Marguerite D'Oingt | |
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| Marguerite Porete (died Paris, 1310): From the Mirror of Simple Souls Who Are Annihilated and Who Only Remain in the Will and Desire for Love | |
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| Women Writers of the Late Fourteenth Century -- Seeking Models: Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Do�a Leonor L�pez De C�rdoba, and Christine De Pizan | |
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| Julian of Norwich (1343-1413; England): From Showings (long Text) | |
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| Margery Kempe (1373-1439; England): From the Book of Margery Kempe | |
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| Do�a Leonor L�pez De C�rdoba (c. 1362-C. 1412; Spain): The Memories of Do�a Leonor L�pez De C�rdoba | |
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| Christine De Pizan (1363-1429? France) Selections from the Works of Christine De Pizan: The Lavision-Christine, 1405 | |
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| Christine De Pizan: The One Hundred Ballads (1393-1399?) | |
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| Christine De Pizan Romance of the Rose: Christine's Response to the Treatise on the Romance of the Rose by John of Montrevil, June-July 1401: the First Extant Combative Document in the Debate | |
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| Individual and Collective Reformation at the End of the Middle Ages: Magdelena Beutler of Freiburg and Mary of Nijmeghen | |
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| Magdalena Beutler of Freiburg (1407-1458; Germany): From the Life of Magdalena Beutler | |
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| Anna Bijns Attributed (fourteenth or Fifteenth Century; Dutch): Mary of Nijmeghen | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |