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The Medieval Mystical Tradition in England
By Jones, E A
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Description
The rich tradition of pre-modern mystical writing from England is explored in this collection of essays from the ninth Exeter Symposium. The twelve chapters include studies of Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe and the author of The Cloud of Unknowing. There is work, too, on less familiar authors and texts, from the thirteenth-century Wooing Group to the sixteenth-century Carthusian Richard Methley; the English reception of continental mystics such as Bridget of Sweden and Mechthild of Hackeborn; and writers treading (and sometimes crossing) the line between mysticism and heresy. The authors employ a range of approaches, from detailed manuscript study to mystical theology, and from material culture to comparative mysticism.
Chapters 10 and 11 are available as Open Access under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC-ND.
Product details
Number of Pages:
220
Release Date:
2025-04-15
Publication Date:
2025-04-15
Publisher:
D.S.Brewer
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1843847426
ISBN13:
9781843847427
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Weight:
499 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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