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The Life of Christina of Hane
The first English translation of The Life of Christina of Hane, a gripping account of a largely unknown medieval female mystic "Who was Christina of Hane? History knows little about her, but Racha Kirakosian here presents a fascinating enigma--a mystical compendium disguised as a saint's Life. Students of medieval religion will eagerly probe its mysteries."--Barbara Newman, Northwestern University The thirteenth-century mystic Christina of Hane led an extraordinary life, but her recently unearthed case remains to be discovered in the English-speaking world. Her disturbing account of vaginal mutilation, her competition with the Virgin Mary, and her potentially heretical statements about the union with Christ are but a few peculiarities worth highlighting. This remarkable work sheds new light on convent life, spiritual practices, and physical and mental suffering in the life of medieval women and the communities they inhabited.
Medieval Temporalities
Essays investigating the question of time, and how it was perceived, both in philosophical/religious terms, and in reality. How was time experienced in the Middle Ages? What attitudes informed people's awareness of its passing - especially when tensions between eternity and human time shaped perceptions in profound and often unexpected ways? Is it a human universal or culturally specific - or both? The essays here offer a range of perspectives on and approaches to personal, artistic, literary, ecclesiastical and visionary responses to time during this period. They cover a wide and diverse variety of material, from historical prose to lyrical verse, and from liturgical and visionary writing to textiles and images, both real and imagined, across the literary and devotional cultures of England, Italy, Germany and Russia. From anxieties about misspent time to moments of pure joy in the here and now, from concerns about worldly affairs to experiences of being freed from the trappings of time, the volume demonstrates how medieval cultures and societies engaged with and reflected on their own temporalities.
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From the Material to the Mystical in Late Medieval Piety
Examining correlations between the material and the mystical, this books investigates collective writing and devotional culture in late medieval piety.
Francia 39 (2012)
Der Band enthalt 27 Beitrage in deutscher, franzosischer und englischer Sprache. Die Themenvielfalt reicht von Auseinandersetzungen im merowingischen Konigshaus und der Vernichtung des Templerordens uber die franzosischen Religionskriege des 16. Jahrhunderts und die deutsche Besatzung in Belgien und Nordfrankreich wahrend des Zweiten Weltkriegs bis zu Michel Foucault und seiner Bedeutung fur die Mediavistik.
Berauscht der Sinne beraubt
Was die Love Parade mit der Antike verbindet? Der zutiefst menschliche Wunsch nach Ekstase. Wir alle sind von klein auf danach süchtig: Wir sitzen auf der Schaukel, wollen so schnell so hoch wie nur möglich und dann, im Zenit, den Kopf nach hinten werfen und gefühlt aus dem eigenen Körper katapultiert werden ... Kontrollverlust, geistige Entrückung, größte Freude, Selbsttranszendenz – all das stellt nur eine kleine Auswahl der Zustände dar, die Menschen als bewusstseinserweiternd und oft als glückserzeugend erleben. Ein Begriff kommt dabei häufig zum Einsatz: Ekstase. Nicht zufällig ist nach ihm eine Partydroge aus der Technoszene benannt. Ekstase tritt zu allen Zeiten und in al...
Multivocality and Responsiveness. Medieval Literature in Dialogue
This compilation brings together seminal essays by Almut Suerbaum with critical responses from colleagues, providing a nuanced perspective on her contributions. The essays explore themes such as the genres of religious song and mystical writings, as well as the dynamics between Latin and vernacular traditions, and courtly and religious spheres. The volume highlights Suerbaum's methodological approach in bridging diverse media, languages, and scholarly communities.
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