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Medieval Women's Visionary Literature

paperbackMarch 27, 1986
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ISBN-13: 8580000941364 ISBN-10: 019503712X
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Binding
paperback
Published
March 27, 1986
Weight
1.3 lbs
Dimensions
23.40×2.00×16.60 cm

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Medieval Women's Visionary Literature by Petroff, Elizabeth Alvilda. paperback edition. ISBN: 8580000941364.

These pages capture a thousand years of medieval womens visionary writing, from late antiquity to the 15th century. Written by hermits, recluses, wives, mothers, wandering teachers, founders of religious communities, and reformers, the selections reveal how medieval women felt about their lives, the kind of education they received, how they perceived the religion of their time, and why ascetic life attracted them.