Medieval Women's Visionary Literature

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.